Rural tourism development: case of a negotiating process in Slovenia

The Feasibility of Rural Tourism in Fostering Real Sustainable Development in Host Communities

“…Rural tourism activities tend to succeed with close collaboration between local communities and stakeholders (Riddle and Thompson-Fawcett, 2019;Verbole and Cottrell, 2002). This potential growth is possibly the result of an effective negotiation and communication across several social actors (Lun et al, 2016).…”

“…Studying the development of rural tourism: (Apostolopoulos et al, 2020;Aslam and Awang, 2015;Baležentis et al, 2012;Barcus, 2013;Chen and Kong, 2021;Dai et al, 2017;Fotiadis, 2011;Ghidouche et al, 2021;Kachniewska, 2015;Keyim, 2018;Khartishvili et al, 2019;Kim and Jamal, 2015;Lane, 1994a;López-sanz et al, 2021;MacDonald and Jolliffe, 2003;Mair, 2006;McAreavey and McDonagh, 2011;Mukwada and Sekhele, 2017;Petrović et al, 2018;Radović et al, 2020;Riddle and Thompson-Fawcett, 2019;Sharpley, 2002Sharpley, , 2007Šimková, 2007;Unwin, 1996;Verbole and Cottrell, 2002) 26 33.3…”

Rural tourism development in southeastern Europe: transition and the search for sustainability

“…More analysis is required of the importance of local community relationships in a region where continuity from the communist past may be unseen but crucial. Alenka Verbole's research (Verbole, 2000;Verbole and Cottrell, 2002), for example, points to rural tourism development as a negotiated process involving a number of social actorsindividuals, groups and organisations, each interacting with each other in attempting to attain their own particular goals and aspirations. Based on work in Slovenia, she indicates the importance of understanding the sociopolitical dimensions of rural tourism development at the community level, factors often minimised in Western consultancy-led rural development programmes.…”

“…(1) the role of global development agencies, consultants (Simpson and Roberts, 2000) and the 'transition' goal of incorporation into the global capitalist system, whether within or outside the EU (Coles and Hall, 2004); (2) the policy shift to minimise state intervention when there is often a need for governmental intervention and/or public-private partnership ventures to assist the longer term sustainability of tourism (Hall, 1998b) -most notably the need to improve rural infrastructures and to support local private sectors confronted by the competition of multinational companies, particularly in encouraging collaboration and networking for overall promotion and marketing; (3) the need to manage the spatially separated demands of higher spending market segments and those of apparently diffusing mass market demands from within the region (Jordan, 2000a(Jordan, , 2000b; (4) the requirement to resolve conflicting perceptions of need, both between outsiders -developers, conservationists, touristsand locals (Houliat, 1999), and between members of the local 'community' themselves (Verbole and Cottrell, 2002); (5) the need for tourism development to be integrated into local economies and social structures through back-linkages, local ownership and control, and the recognition of the nature and role of social capital to enable this to be effective (Roberts, 2004).…”