When guesthouse meets home: The time-space of rural gentrification in southwest China

Zhao, Yawei

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.01.020

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“…Also, restaurants and clubs are slightly superior to guest houses in relation to the number of local suppliers engaged but slightly inferior to guest houses in terms of proportion of their total expenditure devoted to local procurement. This supports the previous finding that majority of guest houses depend on local products (Ramukhumba & Fereira 2016), but qualifies the finding that guest houses provide a source of income to local people (Zhao, 2019) to a lesser extent than restaurants and clubs. Unlike the previous studies by Magombo, Rogerson and Rogerson (2017) and Salazar (2008) which focused on role of accommodation in general on growth of tourism destination and in enhancing international competiveness respectively, the current study main focus was on differences in hotels and guest houses, restaurant and clubs in promoting local economy and the sources of such differences.…”

Section: Conclusion Implication and Limitationssupporting

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“…Despite the foregoing constraints, guest house offer personalized services, greater quietude and more opportunity to interact with local people (Henning 2007). Also, operating guest house not only provides a source of income to local people and improve their quality of life but also enhance local economic development and reduce rural to urban migration (Zhao 2019). Likewise, different types of accommodation facilities portrayed different images regarding affordability and experience (Chia & Muiz 2020) Muiz (2020), Portolan (2012) had investigated the impact of accommodation on economic development of tourist destination in Dubrovnik -Neretva County.…”

Section: Significance Of Guest Houses In the Local Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparative Study of the Performance of Selected Local Tourism Business Operations in the Economy of Kisumu/Kenya: A Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Discriminant Analysis

Amata¹

2021

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Accommodation sector is important in the transmission of tourism economic impacts to destinations` economies. Though a number of studies have been done on the role of quality accommodation in enhancing competitiveness and growth of tourism in different destinations, little information exist on the relative performance of different types of tourism businesses in the local economy. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to find out whether tourism enterprises were different in their performance in the local economy of Kisumu County and analyze factors contributing to the differences. Thus, a cross section survey of 106 randomly selected tourism enterprises was conducted and data collected using self-administered questionnaires. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to determine performance differences in groups of tourism enterprises and descriptive discriminant analysis was used to find out pattern in their differences. It was established that there were differences in performance among tourism enterprises and that the key factors contributing to their differences were the number of suppliers they engaged in a week and in their expenditure on locally produced inputs as proportion of their total expenditure. It was concluded that right balance be struck in facility investments with some bias towards guest houses, clubs and restaurants.

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Section: Conclusion Implication and Limitationssupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Significance Of Guest Houses In the Local Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Study of the Performance of Selected Local Tourism Business Operations in the Economy of Kisumu/Kenya: A Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Discriminant Analysis

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2021

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“…Operating guest houses has become a source of income for local people and allows guests to learn the host's culture and feel home. Guest houses business is proven able to improve the local economic development, improve the local people quality of life and reduce the local people to work in the city (Zhao, 2019). In some cities, for example, Lisbon, this business has created large employment and contributed an additional 0.5% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Ferreira et al, 2020).…”

Section: Guest House Businessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The guest house is no longer focus on rural areas but it has become popular in urban areas. In South Africa, many guest houses are paying attention to greening initiatives (Hoogendoorn et al, 2015), while some accommodation providers differentiate their guest houses by unique ethnic culture (Zhao, 2019). Similar to other accommodation establishments, guest houses share similar human resource challenges such as owners often lack managerial experience, training and skills to manage their business (Amoah et al, 2016;Kivuva et al, 2019).…”

Section: Guest House Businessmentioning

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The nature and challenges of guest house business in the Maldives: An exploratory study

Chia

Muiz

2020

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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The Maldives has long been perceived as an exclusive and expensive travel destination. However, the political changes have introduced another accommodation option, the guest house. This has provided an opportunity for many locally owned guest house owners to offer accommodation service at an affordable rate. The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of business and the challenges faced by the guest house business in the Maldives. The data were derived from in-depth interviews with nine key informants. The thematic analysis qualitative method was employed in identifying informants’ view of the current guest house business. A total of six themes (i.e. product image, service quality, marketing channel, infrastructure, competition, policies, laws and regulations) were identified. The contribution of the paper lies in growing knowledge within the research niche of guest houses in the Maldives and internationally. Implications of the factors that contribute to successful guest house operations, including customer-oriented and service quality are recommended based on the findings. These recommendations can benefit guest house managers in developing and managing their guest house business. Future research may be expanded to view differences in perception among different stakeholders. Such findings could provide insights into what is missing and what topics require further investigation in the future.

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“…Bed and breakfasts (B&Bs), classified as a type of commercial home enterprise [1], have developed dramatically all over the world [2,3]. In some studies, the term B&B is used interchangeably with other terms, such as homestay [4,5], bed and breakfast inn [6], guesthouse [7,8], and home-lodge [9]. Admittedly, the wide distribution of B&Bs in urban and rural areas benefits to provide accommodation and leisure activities for tourists.…”

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A Comparative Study of Customer Perceptions of Urban and Rural Bed and Breakfasts in Beijing: An Analysis of Online Reviews

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The differences between urban and rural B&Bs should be emphasized, which is critical for the sustainable development of the B&B industry. This study identified and compared the topics that customers were concerned about for urban and rural B&Bs in Beijing by analyzing 13,241 online reviews obtained from the website Ctrip. The results showed that customers focused on 10 common topics: “room”, “location”, “host”, “experience”, “surroundings”, “facilities”, “service”, “design/style”, “value”, and “entertainment”. However, the importance of each topic varied between urban and rural B&Bs. Customers paid more attention to the room. Urban B&B customers were more concerned about location. The convenience of urban B&Bs was more prominent than that of rural B&Bs, especially in terms of public transportation and commercial services. While rural B&B customers were more concerned about experience, service, design/style, and entertainment. In addition, the “host” is the most crucial and influential factor in the development of B&Bs. This study made contributions to customer perceptions of B&Bs from a comparative perspective and enriched the understanding of the characteristics of urban and rural B&Bs. In the part of practice, this study might provide enlightenment for B&B operators and local governments to take measures for B&Bs sustainable development.

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When guesthouse meets home: The time-space of rural gentrification in southwest China

Cited by 51 publications

References 58 publications

Comparative Study of the Performance of Selected Local Tourism Business Operations in the Economy of Kisumu/Kenya: A Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Discriminant Analysis

Comparative Study of the Performance of Selected Local Tourism Business Operations in the Economy of Kisumu/Kenya: A Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Discriminant Analysis

The nature and challenges of guest house business in the Maldives: An exploratory study

A Comparative Study of Customer Perceptions of Urban and Rural Bed and Breakfasts in Beijing: An Analysis of Online Reviews

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