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

Local Community and Tourism Development: A Study of Rural Mountainous Destinations

“…8;2015 generation, expands the market for local products, and revitalizes traditional economies (Azman et al, 2011;Ghaderi & Henderson, 2012). Hall (2004) notes that rural tourism benefits local communities by providing a supplementary income to the farming, craft, and service sectors. Hall (2004) also observes that rural tourism allows the economic value local food products to be reassessed, especially higher quality products which might otherwise escape special attention, and that rural tourism provides the opportunity to re-evaluate local heritage and its symbols, environment, and identity.…”

“…Hall (2004) notes that rural tourism benefits local communities by providing a supplementary income to the farming, craft, and service sectors. Hall (2004) also observes that rural tourism allows the economic value local food products to be reassessed, especially higher quality products which might otherwise escape special attention, and that rural tourism provides the opportunity to re-evaluate local heritage and its symbols, environment, and identity. Thongma et al (2011) suggest that the involvement of local communities is instrumental to the success of rural tourism development because these communities build more personable relationships wih visiting tourists and impress visitors with local cultural activities.…”

Local Community Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Lenggong Valley

“…In accordance with this influence, Azman, Halim, Liu, and Komoo (2011) state that the best advantage of tourism development is that it increases the income, employment, and educational opportunities available to local communities. According to Hall (2004), rural tourism benefits local communities by providing supplementary income in the farming, craft, and service sectors; the opportunity to achieve the economic value of quality-based production of food products; and the opportunity to re-evaluate the heritage and its symbolism, environment, and identity. Thongma, Leelapattana, and Hung (2011) suggest that the involvement of local communities is instrumental to the success of rural tourism development because these communities build familiarity among tourists and impress visitors with their local cultural activities.…”

Green Tourism in Latin America

“…In this meeting, by first time, authorities referred to -sustainable development‖ to harmonize the rise of a new global order which was oriented to connect asymmetrical economies with the needs of protecting environment. Though the theory of development was widely criticized by many voices because of international business corporation as IMF or World Bank took advantage of the discourse of development to enhance their profits (Wheeller 1991;Esteva & Prakash, 1998;McMichael 2016), no less true was that Bruntdland report was a touchstone to expand new programs which adjoined to tourism improved the condition of life of many rural communities worldwide (Roberts & Hall, 2001;Timothy & Sharpley, 2002;Hall 2004;Cole 2006;Comaroff & Comaroff, 2009). Emanuel de Kadt (1979), in his classic book, Tourism: passport to development?, claimed for interdisciplinary research to understand in what study-cases, development created further problems than solution.…”