Competitiveness of destinations within the rural tourism cluster: Zlatar, Zlatibor

Pavlović, Sanja; Čavlin, Gordana

doi:10.5937/ekopolj1403603p

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“…On the other hand, the results of this analysis are congruent with past studies where accommodation quality is found positively related to rural tourism destination competitiveness (Dębski and Niemczak, 2016; Pavlovic and Cavlin, 2014; Ritchie and Crouch, 2010), and thus H2 is supported undeniably. One plausible reason is that tourists who visited the rural tourism destination would like to spend their time for at least an overnight stay in rural destination in order for them to have the real feeling of staying at a homestay.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…On the other hand, accommodation quality is also found to be the significant component on tourism destination competitiveness, which is other than tourism infrastructure (Pavlovic and Cavlin, 2014; Ritchie and Crouch, 2010). As per documented by past studies, both accommodation facilities and accessibility quality of a tourism destination are the prior determinants of tourists’ intention in a way to visit tourism destination (Dębski and Niemczak, 2016; Dwyer and Kim, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tourists’ perspectives on hard and soft services toward rural tourism destination competitiveness: Community support as a moderator

Chin

Law

2017

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Rural tourism is an integrated part in the services field, and this industry has long been recognized as a valuable tool for economic development in rural destinations. However, the multiplying growth of rural tourism destinations has led to a stiff competition among the industry. Thus, the identification of tourists’ perspective on the hard and soft services components toward the development of rural tourism is a key element in surviving into the rapid tourism competition. The pivotal role of community support as an integral part of tourism product in ensuring sustainable development of rural tourism destination would also being the key indicator for the development of rural tourism. Hence, this study highlighted the importance of tourists’ perspective on hard services (tourism infrastructure and accommodation) and soft services (range of activities and special events) toward the competitiveness of rural tourism destination’s development with community support who act as a moderator. A total of 314 respondents comprising tourists who visited Kampung Semadang, Kampung Telaga Air, and Kubah National Park ( Kampung Matang), Kuching, Sarawak has voluntarily participated in this study. To assess the developed model, SmartPLS 2.0 (M3) is applied based on path modeling and bootstrapping. Interestingly, the findings revealed that tourists are more concerned about the quality of accommodation, infrastructure, range of activities, and special events for the development of tourism destination competitiveness in rural tourism destination. In addition, tourists also believed that the existence of community support is crucial in moderating the relationship between accommodation quality and tourism destination competitiveness. This study further discussed on the implications of the findings, limitations, and directions for future research.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Foundationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourists’ perspectives on hard and soft services toward rural tourism destination competitiveness: Community support as a moderator

Chin

Law

2017

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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“…So far, research about rural tourism development in Serbia was taken from the side perspective, dealing with different subjects: competitiveness (Demirović, Košić, Surd, Žunić, & Syromiatnikova, 2017;Pavlović & Čavlin, 2014;Petrović et al, 2018;Vujko, Petrović, Dragosavac, & Gajić, 2016), possible development potentials (Djenadić, Muhi, & Jovanović, 2016;Todorović & Bjeljac, 2009), possible financial sources for development (Radović, 2016), the role of the local population (Košić, Demirović & Dragin, 2017;Vuković, Subić, & Cvijanović, 2014), etc. Little is known about who visits rural areas and what attracts them.…”

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Exploration of tourist motivation and preferred activities in rural areas

Demirović

Berjan

Milentijević

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J geographical I JC

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The aim of this study was to determine the motives that attract tourists to visit rural areas in Vojvodina Province, Northern Serbia. The authors identified the motivation factors that push tourists to rural areas, the activities that tourists prefer on the destination, and the relationship between these two constructs-motivation and activity preferences. The questionnaire was filled in by 476 rural tourists who spent at least one night in rural accommodation facilities in Vojvodina. For data analysis, the authors used the following: descriptive statistics to provide the characteristics of the sample and general information regarding the variables, correlation analysis with reliability test to identify a relationship between individual items, and canonical correlation analysis to analyze the relationship among dependent and independent variables. The results of the research indicated that the rural environment was one of the primary reasons for choosing rural areas for holiday, but the possibility for adventure or taking adventure activities was the lowest between the motivational factors. The study revealed that there are correlations between the push and pull factors, i.e., that motivations and preferred activities are interlinked.

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“…Attractions and activities that are considered as the basis of tourism clusters have a positive foothold, based on the experience from all over the world through theme paths, routes, or simply branding of an entire geographic region, such as Tuscany in Italy, Silicon Valley in the US or Provence in France. There is extensive literature on the thematic trails of countries in Europe that have been used to develop rural tourism, whether in Montenegro , Macedonia (Petrevska et al, 2013), Serbia (Pavlović & Čavlin, 2014), Sweden (Nordin, 2003), or Italy (Babalola et al, 2011).…”

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“…Many authors give recommendations for tourism cluster models that are specific to their countries and regions. In Serbia, for example, tourism clusters include sub-areas or micro-destinations within a region that have similar tourist value (Pavlović & Čavlin, 2014). Their Master Plan for the Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism was adopted in 2011 and covered the development of 12 rural tourism clusters, grouped into four rural tourism groups that are divided by regions in Serbia.…”

Section: Tourism Clustersmentioning

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Regional Development of Rural Tourism: The Case of the Gorska Hrvatska Region

Baković

2020

Naše Gospodarstvo/Our Economy

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AbstractAn approach to sustainable tourism through clusters is considered an appropriate strategy in less-developed rural areas of tourist-oriented countries, such as Croatia. This paper clarifies the key challenges of the development of tourism clusters in the region of Gorska Hrvatska and provides new data for an approach to sustainable rural tourism development. Using available secondary data from governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, protected areas of Gorska Hrvatska, and primary data of the Lika Destination Cluster, the paper explores the key challenges of developing a cluster of tourism and selective forms of tourism. Most tourism clusters in Croatia have remained in the first phase of development for years, even though this approach has failed to to achieve significant results. The key benefits of networking and branding in rural areas are identified and defined, but these potentials are still largely underutilized. The objective of this study is to provide practical recommendations to the Croatian tourism industry on how to learn from the suggested best practices and how to implement them effectively. For that purpose, the case of sustainable tourism located in the Gorska Hrvatska region, called the Lika Destination Cluster is analyzed.

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Competitiveness of destinations within the rural tourism cluster: Zlatar, Zlatibor

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Tourists’ perspectives on hard and soft services toward rural tourism destination competitiveness: Community support as a moderator

Tourists’ perspectives on hard and soft services toward rural tourism destination competitiveness: Community support as a moderator

Exploration of tourist motivation and preferred activities in rural areas

Regional Development of Rural Tourism: The Case of the Gorska Hrvatska Region

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