Tourism Planning in Underdeveloped Regions—What Has Been Going Wrong? The Case of Extremadura (Spain)

Leal‐Solís, Ana; Ramírez, Rafael Robina

doi:10.3390/land11050663

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“…Having analysed the factors that define the safety of a tourist destination, we now turn to health as an attribute that has been especially valued due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19. Even though COVID-19 has had a major impact on the tourism industry globallyit has been less affected in rural areas [ 45 ]. One region that has seen an increase in rural tourism during Covid 19 time in Extremadura, a region in western Spain known for its natural beauty, rich history, and rural way of life [ 46 , 47 ].…”

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The trinomial health, safety and happiness promote rural tourism

2023

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Background Health and safety protocols have become a requirement to promote rural tourism (PRT). From this perspective, this paper empirically analyses how the health and safety dimensions influence the happiness of hotel managers and rural tourists in the post-Covid 19 era. Methods A theory-based structural equation model will be carried out of activation of norms, that measure variables: sanitary, socioeconomic, and safety. Precisely, we will measure how those three attributes affect the managers-guests’ health in rural areas and their search for happiness at the rural destination. Based on the above, a field of study has been 215 rural tourist accommodations in the Extremadura region (Spain) and a sample population of 443 guests. Data were organised through the SEM-PLS path modelling. Results The results achieved statistically show the need to undertake a new model of healthier and safer tourism consumption that values the tourist resources of rural areas, especially nearby and sustainable destinations, based on the guiding principles of safety, health, and happiness. Conclusions The first conclusion is that promoting tourist destinations under safe and healthy conditions has become a priority objective in the tourism industry. The second conclusion that follows from the first is that the variables safety and health and the pursuit of happiness are essential factors in promoting tourist destinations for rural hotel managers and rural tourists. The third conclusion related to the first two is that the opportunity that this study provides to develop strategies of an innovative, sustainable, and creative nature based on the relationships of the new trinomial of health, safety and happiness, from the perspective of happiness management.

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2023

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“…Changes in demand trends have been noted for years ( Robina-Ramírez et al, 2020b ), prioritizing the environmental paradigm over the economic one in tourist experiences ( Bec et al, 2019 ). The areas that have exploited and mistreated their natural resources today have fewer possibilities to compete internationally ( Leal-Solís and Robina-Ramírez, 2022 ). Thus, the competitiveness of tourist areas in the future will be based on the environmental quality they offer ( Xiao et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…The study of the emotions that derive from tourism, economic, environmental and legal planning opens the door to the study of the social impact that all planning must have ( Sundaresan and John, 2020 ). Tourism planning must be strategic, inclusive, participatory and pluralistic to involve social, economic, environmental and legal dimensions ( Leal-Solís and Robina-Ramírez, 2022 ).…”

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“…The specific weight of tourism as an economic reality forces administrations to design adequate land planning ( UNEP, 2005 ; Cabezas Hernández and Leal-Solís, 2021 ). Planning implies coordinating chosen and designed behaviors ( Leal-Solís and Robina-Ramírez, 2022 ), and influences how tourism develops and how its benefits and impacts are distributed ( McLoughlin and Hanrahan, 2021 ). These behaviors can be environmental, economic, legal or social ( McLoughlin and Hanrahan, 2021 ), contributing to the character of sustainable tourism that is observed today.…”

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Do the emotions of tourist agents contribute to improving the sustainable planning of a territory?

Robina-Ramírez,

Leal-Solís,

Gallardo-Vázquez

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Front. Psychol.

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The sustainability of a territory is achieved through orderly, balanced and harmonious planning over time. Sustainable tourism planning must incorporate the emotions of interest groups. Based on a scale of negative and positive emotions that has already been validated, a participatory study of a qualitative nature has been developed with 118 hotel managers from the region of Extremadura, in the south-west of Spain. In addition, another quantitative research study has been carried out, using a longitudinal exploratory model analyzed in three phases throughout the years 2021 and 2022, using the SEM-PLS methodology. The objective is to detect if the II Tourism Plan (2021–2023) can influence the willingness of hotel managers to participate, and if this participation generates emotions that enrich the planning process of the tourist authorities. The results highlight the importance of completing decision making (cognitive part) with the measurement of emotions (sensitive part) of private agents to involve them in the planning process.

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“…In their opinion, an ambiguous estimation is possible, but the increase of knowledge in the field of hospitality and tourism, improvement of household culture, transport infrastructure is doubtless. Thus, the local government of rural areas of developing countries must motivate the local community to develop ecotourism, introducing appropriate measures and initiatives [15,17,18].…”

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Transport accessibility assessment of rural tourism facilities

Zolotarev

Kusakina²,

Ryazantsev³

et al. 2023

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The paper presents the results of theoretical understanding of the transport accessibility of rural tourism facilities and an empirical study of the opinions of rural tourism consumers. On the basis of a brief review of scientific publications on the development of various types of rural tourism and the impact of transport accessibility of tourist facilities on them the relevance and significance of the research is determined. The factors that influence the choice of tourist products are formulated. Estimated judgments of survey participants are analysed and latent variables and the role of quality of transport infrastructure in the choice of tourist products are established on the basis of a statistical procedure of factor analysis. The data obtained constitute an important input for transport accessibility of rural tourism facilities and infrastructure decision-making in regions with a large share of rural areas.

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Tourism Planning in Underdeveloped Regions—What Has Been Going Wrong? The Case of Extremadura (Spain)

Cited by 13 publications

References 62 publications

The trinomial health, safety and happiness promote rural tourism

The trinomial health, safety and happiness promote rural tourism

Do the emotions of tourist agents contribute to improving the sustainable planning of a territory?

Transport accessibility assessment of rural tourism facilities

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