Neste trabalho indagamos sobre possíveis diferenças no comportamento empreendedor em turismo rural; estabelecemos características e dimensões motivadoras em função do gênero. Num exemplo representativo de estabelecimentos de turismo rural da Comunidade Autônoma da Galiza (Espanha), encontramos relação entre gênero e importância da compatibilização de atividades agrárias e tumrísticas, e entre gênero e perfil das motivações para empreender atividades de turismo rural. As mulheres estão mais motivadas por elementos do âmbito econômico e, portanto, na tomada de decisões, têm mais relevância os critérios de racionalidade econômica unidos à estratégia de diversificação da atividade agrária em favor da sobrevivência financeira. Ao contrário do estabelecido na maior parte da literatura, os fatores de índole social, familiar ou institucional têm a mesma importância para homens e mulheres. Aliás, verificase a ausência de relação entre gênero e características pessoais (como idade e formação e necessidades financeiras do empreendedor).
In this paper we establish entrepreneurship characteristics and motivational dimension by gender. Analyzing a representative sample of rural tourism establishments of the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Spain), we seek behavioural differences between gender holders. Relationship is found between gender and reconciliation and importance of agricultural activities by owner, and between gender and profile of the motivations to start tourism activity. Female entrepreneurs are more motivated by elements in the economic sphere and, therefore, have a greater role in decision-making rational economic criteria and diversification of agriculture
The protection of natural spaces is a practice that is widely used by governments or nongovernmental organizations seeking to preserve the scenic beauty of landscapes and their natural resources in spaces that stand out for their natural and cultural value and have not been heavily impacted by human activity. Proper tourism management of these spaces can promote the economic, social, and environmental development of a territory and its local communities. The objective of this paper is to examine the role of resources in the performance of protected area tourism destinations from a sustainability perspective. The information provided by the managers of 102 protected spaces in Spain (national parks, nature parks, and biosphere reserves) is analyzed. The results provide relevant information about managing resources to strengthen the sustainable performance of these spaces. The findings indicate that different types of resources affect different dimensions of sustainable performance; for instance, natural resources affect the local quality of life and the area’s sustainability, certain created resources can unite and foster local communities and support environmental sustainability, and some supporting resources can attract tourists.
The present study explores thermal tourism destination competitiveness from the stakeholder viewpoint, with the purpose of offering guidelines to decision makers to make their decisions in line with a sustainable perspective. Using qualitative research, data were collected through semistructured interviews and from secondary sources. The empirical framework is set on the city of Ourense, an outstanding reference of thermal tourism in Spain. The results show that thermal destination competitiveness is a complex three-dimensional concept due to the existence of interactions between its determining factors. They emphasize that the design of strategies to improve the competitiveness of thermal destinations must consider not only the greater or lesser importance of the determinants of competitiveness but also the interactions between them, as well as their heterogeneous influence on each dimension of thermal destination competitiveness. Moreover, the destinations' characteristics and position within the tourism area life cycle condition the relevance of the factors.
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