Has Traditional Georgian Hospitality Been Sustained Under Tourism Development? Evidence from the High-Mountain Regions of Georgia

Gugushvili, Temur; Salukvadze, Gvantsa; Salukvadze, Joseph

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“…Furthermore, formal education or work experience is also necessary for this process. The opportunity for local families to learn cutting-edge skills in educational institutions, participate in brief theme-focused teaching, and integrate this knowledge with authentic customs results in a distinctly local tourism product (Gugushvili, Salukvadze, Salukvadze, 2019). As a result, services that provide a local experience while still being of high quality are established, attracting visitors and turning them into ambassadors for others.…”

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Transformation of family-based entrepreneurial activities in rural areas

Gugushvili¹,

Roep²,

Durglishvili³

2021

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The shift in policy focus from agriculture to rural development enables rural families to diversify their economic activities. Household-based resources, particularly human capital, are essential for capitalizing on newly developed opportunities. Locals with sufficient resources seize possibilities in agriculture and emerging economic sectors such as tourism. A case study (33 in-depth interviews) of Caucasus mountain households in Kazbegi and Mestia municipalities revealed the importance of human capital in attaining other types of resources, such as social and financial capital, and, ultimately, in the process of family-based economic development. Local families are encouraged to engage in and embrace contemporary farming practices in order to determine the most effective sustainable livelihoods. Along with long-established industries, households employ traditional knowledge to enter entrepreneurial tourism activities.

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Transformation of family-based entrepreneurial activities in rural areas

Gugushvili¹,

Roep²,

Durglishvili³

2021

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“…In their research on a possible change in hospitality concepts in Georgia, some authors point out that tourism does lead to the revival of traditional cultures [47]. The perspective here is that the providers of tourist services become aware of the particularities of their cultures of origin and receive positive feedback from tourists.…”

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Crises around Concepts of Hospitality in the Mountainous Region of Svaneti in the North of Georgia

Applis

2022

Tourism and Hospitality

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This study revolves around the village community of Ushguli, located in the Upper Svaneti region in the North of Georgia, which attained UNESCO World Heritage status in 1996. Since around 2010, Ushguli has seen a step-by-step rise in tourism. Until now, it has found itself relatively unprepared to meet visitors’ interests and needs and cope with the diverse aspects of modern lifestyles. The encounter and, in many instances, clash of interests between villagers and tourists, occurring in a context in which the economic objectives of the former group are encouragingly continuously growing visitor numbers, is correspondingly difficult to channel and manage. Ushguli represents a region with ideal conditions for exploring tourism as a strategy for overcoming economic and social crises and its effects on spatial, economic, environmental and social structures against a backdrop of change in material and immaterial objects driven by all stakeholders involved. This paper provides an overview of the specific focus of a multi-year study, which began in 2017. The research approach is critical findings related to impacts on regional values and life organization. In a nutshell, it can be concluded that tourists’ online communicated expectations and reviews have a profound impact on local communities and create intense competitive pressure on the local people.

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Rethinking peripheral geographies of innovation: towards an ordinary periphery approach

Sattler

2024

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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Has Traditional Georgian Hospitality Been Sustained Under Tourism Development? Evidence from the High-Mountain Regions of Georgia

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Transformation of family-based entrepreneurial activities in rural areas

Transformation of family-based entrepreneurial activities in rural areas

Crises around Concepts of Hospitality in the Mountainous Region of Svaneti in the North of Georgia

Rethinking peripheral geographies of innovation: towards an ordinary periphery approach

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