Perspective of Sustainable Rural Tourism in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): Comparative Study of β and σ Convergence in the Economic Development Regions

Butnaru, Gina Ionela; Haller, A. P.

doi:10.3390/su9040525

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“…It made up 9.8% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and contributed to the global economy with $7.61 trillion USD in 2016 [1]. The analysis of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), which included 184 countries, has shown that the tourism sector generated 284 million workplaces, meaning that 1 out of 11 workplaces in the world comes from the tourism sector [2]. The ways in which its development affects other sectors (such as forestry, food processing, agriculture, livestock raising, fishing, and handicrafts) can improve the entire community's well-being [3].…”

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Social-Psychological Determinants of Serbian Tourists’ Choice of Green Rural Hotels

2019

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The significance of green rural tourism for sustainable development is widely recognized. In addition, a number of researches attempt to explain the green choice among tourists. Hereby, different theoretical approaches are used. The dynamic approach to the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is implemented in this study. The approach considers that the influence of different elements of TPB (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control) on intention to visit green rural hotels is tested in the context of different phases in behavior change of the respondents (pre-decision, pre-action, action). According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first implementation of the dynamic approach to the TPB in understanding green rural choice. During data analysis, multigroup structural equation modelling (SEM) was used. The results indicate that the existence and the strength of the influences of the elements of TPB are different in different phases of behavior change. Managerial implications for the studied market (Serbia) are also provided within the paper.

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Social-Psychological Determinants of Serbian Tourists’ Choice of Green Rural Hotels

2019

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“…Indeed, the modern tourist is oriented to focus on themes geared towards more sustainable urban behaviour [5], management of natural and environmental resources [6][7][8], rediscovery of rural areas [9][10][11][12] and, generally, environmental protection. This attitude is also evident when mountain areas are taken into account.…”

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Sustainability and Mountain Tourism: The Millennial’s Perspective

2017

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Abstract:Evidence from several studies illustrates the different points of view through which sustainability and mountains have been studied over the years. Nowadays, interest in Millennials is increasing but no research has compared Millennials and sustainability in the mountain context. This study aims at defining sustainability with reference to Millennial perception of both winter and summer mountain sports. By analysing data gathered from a sample of 2292 Millennials (Piedmont area), the authors confirm their high degree of sensitivity towards sustainable issues and, above all, discover that there are differences in the sustainable perception Millennials have of both mountain winter and summer sports. More specifically, Millennial perception is deeply influenced by the place where they are used to living-mountains or cities-and by their gender. From a managerial point of view, results have direct implications on the administrators of mountain institutions who can implement appropriate initiatives in order to correctly sensitise Millennials towards mountain sports. Moreover, from a theoretical perspective, the study opens a new scenario on two important topics linked to sustainability, namely Millennials and mountain sports.

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“…Convergence was initially analysed in Solow's studies in 1956 who defines it as a natural process based exclusively on market functionality (Solow, 1956 modified and developed to explain the differences among countries, and the modality of their reduction according to factors like saving rate, population growth rate, labour mobility, migration, etc. Butnaru and Haller (2017) study the impact of sustainable rural tourism on the economy of the development regions of UK and Northern Ireland by using the method of σ and β convergence. In this case it was demonstrated, by analysing GDPT, that the convergence process performed slowly, and sustainable rural tourism influenced the development.…”

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Analysis of Economic Growth in Tourism Under the Impact of Terrorism and of the Waves of Refugees

Butnaru¹,

Mironiuc²,

Huian³

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Tourism is an extremely complex phenomenon marked by major factors like the terrorist attacks and the refugees' invasion (the recent waves of migrants). This paper tests by empirical analyses if in the European Union countries, the gross domestic product in tourism reacts to the situations of crisis caused by the terrorist attacks and by the waves of refugees. The techniques used are σ and β convergence tests, combined with the deterministic sensitivity analysis. The sample consists of 26 European Union countries studied between 2000-2015 and 2000-2016, according to the available data. The results prove the prevalence of divergence, explicable by the existence of some countries, in the structure of the groups analysed, which have different contributions of gross domestic product in tourism to their overall economic growth. At the same time, a higher reaction of gross domestic product in tourism per capita is identified under the influence of the number of terrorism victims, compared to the incidence of the variation of the number of refugees. However, it cannot be stated that the two phenome n a lead to the general tendency of decrease of the gross domestic product in tourism per capita. On the contrary, there are occasional regressions of this indicator, which can be correlated only subsidiary with the crisis situations caused by terrorism and the waves of refugees.

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Perspective of Sustainable Rural Tourism in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): Comparative Study of β and σ Convergence in the Economic Development Regions

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Social-Psychological Determinants of Serbian Tourists’ Choice of Green Rural Hotels

Social-Psychological Determinants of Serbian Tourists’ Choice of Green Rural Hotels

Sustainability and Mountain Tourism: The Millennial’s Perspective

Analysis of Economic Growth in Tourism Under the Impact of Terrorism and of the Waves of Refugees

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