Slow Food, Slow Tourism, and Sustainable Practices: A Conceptual Model

Lowry, Linda L.; Back, Robin M.

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“…The second factor that drives slow tourism relates to the great advances made around quality of services and the SERVQUAL model. The demands of customer satisfaction increase as travelers become more familiar with tourism; such demands are detailed in precise aspects of quality in the services to which the people in contact and touchpoints of tourism companies must respond [4,5,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The disadvantage of quality improvements is that they increase production costs, and therefore the final prices to consumers.…”

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“…The slow tourism movement was born in the 2000s, inspired by the slow food movement along with three innovations in the tourism sector: First, the coastal sustainability effort [4]; second, advances in the quality of services and the implementation of the SERVQUAL model in the hospitality industry [5]; and third, a new emphasis on emotions and values as key factors for travelers as they choose among multiple destinations [6].…”

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“…Consumers' actively choosing smaller providers assumes their ability to afford the often-higher prices that local retailers may charge for goods/services, due to their lack of economy of scale. If we are what we eat, then the same could be said of our travel choices [5]. In addition, as materialistic values are reduced and emotions and affects increase, availability of spending increases [57,59].…”

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Opportunities for Slow Tourism in Madeira

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The slow tourism movement is gaining popularity as more destinations focus on the local environment and heritage experience. The approach to slow tourism usually occurs either when traditional destinations exhaust their life cycle with an evident reduction in sustainability, or when newly emerging destinations decide to develop in this way. The case of Madeira is different; the island has several decades of tourism development without excessive pressure or overcrowding, and in planning for the future it wants to sustain these conditions. Seeking to understand Madeira’s perception of the development model, we surveyed entrepreneurs in Madeira’s lodging, restaurant and bar, shopping, transportation, intermediation, and tourist activity industries, as well as its public sector. Even without having encountered the popularized the ideas of slow tourism, Madeira’s tourism entrepreneurs show significant alignment with the values of quieter tourism. In contrast to its mature counterparts (i.e., Europe’s other popular sun and beach destinations), for Madeira it is not a question of destroying or rehabilitating, but rather of continuing sustainable development processes. Our results suggest that although slow tourism is typically a reaction to a very advanced phase of the life cycle, it can be the result of an endogenous impulse, as is true for Madeira.

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“…Fair price vs. affordability. Slow tourism as a sustainable practice includes buying local products and supporting local businesses (Lowry & Back, 2015); yet, this comes with a price tag. The respondents acknowledged that 'slow' tourism offerings involve paying fair prices which are often higher due to the use of local resources.…”

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Slow Philosophy in Tourism Development in Latvia: The Supply Side Perspective

Serdane

2019

Tourism Planning & Development

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Slow philosophy, which has gained popularity in recent years, is used to inform tourism development. Yet, its actual implementation is limited mostly to Cittáslow (Slow Cities) and Slow Food related projects. Therefore, it is questionable whether the ideas of slow philosophy are viable in tourism development outside the Cittáslow and Slow Food contexts. This article attempts to identify opportunities and challenges for using slow philosophy in tourism development in Latvia focusing on the supply side perspective. This article contributes to the tourism destination development literature and gives practical insights for tourism destination managers.

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“…Subsequent research on slowness and tourism was approached from the environmental sustainable viewpoint by focusing on a slow mode of transport along with slow style of travel behaviour (Dickinson & Lumsdon, 2010;Dickinson, Lumsdon, & Robbins, 2011;Lowry & Lee, 2011;Miretpastor, Peiró-Signes, Segarra-Oña, & Mondéjar-Jiménez, 2015). Widening the scope of slowness in the tourism context, socio-ecological impacts of slow tourism, in a continuum of sustainable tourism approach, were also discussed (Conway & Timms, 2012;Dodds, 2012;Lowry & Back, 2015).…”

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The potential of Cittaslow for sustainable tourism development: enhancing local community's empowerment

Park

Kim

2015

Tourism Planning & Development

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The slow movement has recently offered an alternative approach to sustainable tourism development, and this study aims to investigate the potential of Cittaslow philosophy and practices for enhancing local community involvement and empowerment in the tourism sector through which sustainable tourism is better implemented. Qualitative research was conducted on the case of Goolwa in South Australia, the first non-European Cittaslow. The results reveal that not only did Cittaslow accreditation and its accompanying practices encourage local community participation in decision making processes, but also revitalised the locality of Goolwa through promoting local specialities and products, in particular food and wine. A stronger and more effective collaboration among local communities, businesses and residents after the Cittaslow accreditation was noted in the context of psychological and social aspects of local community empowerment, especially for developing and managing tourism. This paper further discusses the implications of Cittaslow through which local community empowerment and sustainability in tourism can be more achievable.

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Slow Food, Slow Tourism, and Sustainable Practices: A Conceptual Model

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Opportunities for Slow Tourism in Madeira

Opportunities for Slow Tourism in Madeira

Slow Philosophy in Tourism Development in Latvia: The Supply Side Perspective

The potential of Cittaslow for sustainable tourism development: enhancing local community's empowerment

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