The inter-relationship between rural and mass tourism: The case of Catalonia, Spain

Hernández, Juan M.; Suárez-Vega, Rafael; Santana-Jiménez, Yolanda

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.015

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“…Although the results are quite consistent across countries, the peculiarities of both lowland areas, where the importance of cultural attractiveness stands out even more, and mountainous areas, where internal attributes of the establishments are even more salient, suggest the need to examine some areas specifically. Fulfilling this purpose, Hernández et al (2016) recently investigated in depth the coexistence of rural and mass tourism within the specific Catalunya market.…”

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When distinction does not pay off - Investigating the determinants of European agritourism prices

Viglia¹,

Abrate

2017

Journal of Business Research

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Agritourism aims to deliver a particular kind of travel experience when compared to more mainstream types of hospitality, calling for the development of a specific model to design pricing strategies. This research examines the impact of three groups of factors on price: (i) internal attributes, classified as common or distinctive to other hospitality categories, (ii) external attributes, in terms of natural environment or cultural attractiveness and (iii) reputation, in the form of online and offline ratings. The proposed methodology, which provides a possible solution to collinearity amongst attributes, is the Shapley Value Regression. The database consists of 1268 agritourism establishments in five European countries. The findings show the relevance of the services that are common to mainstream types of hospitality and of the cultural attractiveness of the area. Managerial and policy implications build on the threat to the exclusivity of agritourism establishments with respect to traditional hotels in rural areas.

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When distinction does not pay off - Investigating the determinants of European agritourism prices

Viglia¹,

Abrate

2017

Journal of Business Research

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“…In tourism-oriented rural planning, the link between local and non-local economies enhances the capacities of society, benefits the poor, and subsequently reduces poverty (Ashley, Roe, & Goodwin, 2001;Cater, 1987;de Kadt, 1979;Mitchell & Ashley, 2010). According to Hernandez, Suarez-Vega, and Santana-Jimenez (2016), tourism can lead to both socioeconomic changes and economic diversity. Tourism planners and policymakers, thus, make efforts to promote rural capacities.…”

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The Role of Rural Tourism in Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study of Shandiz Rural Region, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran

Moqadas

2018

J. Sustain. Rural Dev.

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Owing to the vital role of rural tourism in the resurgence of rural economies, rural settlements have been encouraged to incorporate it into their local economies. This paper examines the rural settlements around the metropolitan city of Mashhad in the northeast of Iran to determine the role of tourism in creating sustainable economic capacities in rural areas. Methods: The data were collected through a field study of 237 selected households to evaluate the research variables. Two models were applied to test the hypotheses. Results: It is shown that there are relationships among the variables and that rural tourism can lead to the expansion of sustainable capacities through economic diversification, entrepreneurship, and the production of local capital. Indeed, rural tourism is found as a central phenomenon that can create new opportunities in rural settlements. Conclusion: Rural tourism indirectly promotes rural sustainability. The promotion of diverse economic sectors is highly significant for building rural sustainable capacities.

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“…Using a sacrifice-based concept, Hetherington (2004) demonstrates that political trust becomes more salient when a certain development requires people to make material and ideological sacrifices with little expectations in return. Mass and alternative tourism require local communities to make different levels of sacrifice and provide different types of benefits to them (Gursoy, Chi, & Dyer, 2010;Hern andez, Su arez-Vega, & Santana-Jim enez, 2016;Isaac, 2010;Wang, Weaver, & Kwek, 2015;Weaver, 2014). For this reason, trust ought to impact differently on residents' support for such different types of tourism development.…”

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Political trust and residents’ support for alternative and mass tourism: an improved structural model

Nunkoo

Gürsoy

2016

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Political trust is a key requirement for tourism policies to flourish and sustain. The purpose of the research was to investigate the determinants of political trust and analyze whether the latter influences residents' support for mass and alternative tourism. To this end, we develop a structural model based on the social exchange theory, institutional theory of political trust, and cultural theory of political trust. The model proposes six determinants of political trust which in turn is considered to influence residents' support for mass and alternative tourism. Data were collected from residents' of Mauritius selected using a stratified random sampling approach. We used a survey method based on a structured questionnaire. Using AMOS, the data were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis to determine the fit of the measurement model. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model. Results indicated that such variables as the political and economic performance of government in tourism, interpersonal trust, and tourism benefits significantly predicted political trust. In turn, the latter was found to influence residents' support for mass tourism only, lending support to Hetherington sacrificed-based concept borrowed from political science. The theoretical contribution of the study relates to the inclusion of the political trust variable to analyze its relationship with residents' support for two opposing types of tourism development in a single theoretical model. We found that such relationship is contextual, depending on the object of exchange, conceptualized in here as the types of tourism residents are asked to support. Political trust figures more prominently for mass tourism than for alternative tourism given the considerable amount of sacrifices residents have to make to accommodate mass development. Our findings suggest that it is important for government to foster political trust among local people for tourism development to sustain. 摘要本文发展了一个改进的结构模型研究居民对可替代旅游与大众旅游的支持, 同时对可替代旅游与大众旅游进行了明确的区分。本研究以社会交换理论、政治信任的制度理论和文化理论为理论基础, 收集毛里求斯居民旅游发展支持的数据, 采用验证性因子分析和结构方程模型的方法对模型进行了检验。结果表明, 政府在旅游业方面的政治和经济绩效、人际信任和旅游收益等变量显著影 KEYWORDS Resident attitudes; mass tourism; alternative tourism; political trust 关键词居民态度; 大众旅游; 可替代旅游; 政治信任 CONTACT Robin Nunkoo r.nunkoo@uom.ac.mu †Present address: School of Hospitality and Tourism, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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The inter-relationship between rural and mass tourism: The case of Catalonia, Spain

Cited by 49 publications

References 44 publications

When distinction does not pay off - Investigating the determinants of European agritourism prices

When distinction does not pay off - Investigating the determinants of European agritourism prices

The Role of Rural Tourism in Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study of Shandiz Rural Region, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran

Political trust and residents’ support for alternative and mass tourism: an improved structural model

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