Self-efficacy and sustainable rural tourism development: local communities’ perspectives from Kuching, Sarawak

Fong, Sook-Fun; Lo, May‐Chiun; Songan, Peter; Nair, Vik­neswaran

doi:10.1080/10941665.2016.1208668

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“…Sustainable rural tourism development helps balancing the socioeconomic needs of rural communities with the demands of tourists and the tourism industry and conserving the WHATT 13,1 natural environment and community cultural resources (Sharpley, 2007). Thus, it can be argued that a sustainable tourist destination can avoid the negative effects of tourism on the community (Fong et al, 2017).…”

Section: Sustainable Rural Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformative rural tourism strategies as tools for sustainable development in Transylvania, Romania: a case study of Sâncraiu

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Coroș

Moisescu

et al. 2021

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Purpose According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is a form of tourism that meets the needs of present tourists and host regions, while protecting and enhancing the opportunity for the future. It aims at having a low impact upon the environment and local culture; generating income and employment; and ensuring the conservation of local ecosystems. This paper aims to examine the ways in which the development and promotion of a new tourism product based on unique rural heritage and traditions contribute to the development of sustainable tourism by relating the practices to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 1, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 17. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a literature review on the topic of sustainable rural tourism, this paper uses a case-study methodological approach and provides an example of a sustainable rural tourism destination from the North Western development region of Romania (Cluj County, Transylvania) to depict specific sustainable tourism practices. The study uses a comprehensive desk-research based on secondary data from key industry and academic sources. Findings The research findings show that sustainable rural tourism can greatly support the development of rural destination and makes a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the Romanian tourism industry, in general, and rural economies in particular, as shown in the case examined in the paper. Sâncraiu represents an example of sustainable tourism practices that contribute to poverty reduction (SDG1 – Target 1.A), provide decent work and ensure economic growth (SDG8 – Target 8.9), help reducing inequalities (SDG10 – Target 10.3), protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage (SDG 11 – Target 11.4), promote responsible consumption and production (SDG 21 – Target 12.b) and last but not least this destination demonstrates that development is only possible when partnerships are forged (SDG 17). Social implications This paper illustrates that fostering unique rural heritage and traditions can contribute to the sustainable development of destinations. Sustainable tourism practices contribute not only financially to a destination but also to its social infrastructures, jobs, nature conservation, adoption of new working practices and the revitalisation of passive and poor rural areas. Originality/value This paper examines and depicts sustainable rural tourism development as a transformative strategy contributing to the long-term viability of a rural destination. The research findings can be viewed as an example of good practice, which may be applicable to other geographic regions with similar contexts.

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Section: Sustainable Rural Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformative rural tourism strategies as tools for sustainable development in Transylvania, Romania: a case study of Sâncraiu

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Coroș

Moisescu

et al. 2021

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“…Next, studies with the subject of "awareness investigation" explored what influences sustainable rural tourism development by examining the attitudes and perceptions of verified stakeholders on sustainable rural tourism development. Several studies have investigated what the drivers of sustainable rural tourism for residents are [41,[71][72][73][74][75][76][77]. Other studies explored tourists' perceptions and attitudes about rural tourism as a sustainable development strategy [78,79].…”

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How Can Rural Tourism Be Sustainable? A Systematic Review

Alarcón

2020

Sustainability

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This investigation reviewed articles associated with sustainable rural tourism found on the Web of Science database over a 10-year span from 2009 to 2019. The 76 articles that were selected for their inclusion of the concept of sustainable rural tourism were listed in a comprehensive table, thereby revealing the research purpose, topics, detailed topics, research methods, and data source of the articles. The findings indicate that many papers on sustainable rural tourism were written from a holistic sustainability perspective without being biased towards any one of the environmental, economic, and social aspects. In the field of rural tourism, it is essential to pay attention to interactions in all aspects of the environment, economy, and society, and to analyze them overall. In addition, this study confirmed that efforts to understand sustainable rural tourism from the customer perspective have been increased since customer loyalty is considered important for sustainability. This study is significant in that, since it evaluated the knowledge status for the first time through systematic review and applied content analysis to academic literature related to sustainability in the sector of rural tourism, it can expand and deepen the knowledge and understanding of related topics and raise awareness of a new research direction.

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“…The researches of many scientists are devoted to the study of the sustainable development of tourism. Particularly questions about sustainable development in a tourism destination context study by J.B. Greenwood (2006); sustainable tourism indicators are investigated by Tanguay, Rajaonson and Therrien (2012); Ottenbacher, Schwebler, Metzler and Harrington (2015); research and reality of sustainable tourism consider by Buckley (2012), self-efficacy and sustainable rural tourism development study by Fong, Lo and Songan (2017); Evolutionary analysis of sustainable tourism analyzed by P. He, Y. He and Xu (2018); issues of interaction between the territory and sustainable tourism development is investigated by Romao, Guerreiro and Rodrigues (2017); regional aspect of the sustainable development model of tourism industry was studied by Aimagambetov, Bugubaeva, Bespayeva and Tashbaev (2017) etc.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development Modeling of Agritourism Clusters

Kazlouski

Ganski

Platonenka

et al. 2020

Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development

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A systematic solution to the numerous environmental, social and economic problems of the development of agritourism cluster is not achievable without appropriate economic and mathematical models and tools for their support, which would make it possible to accurately predict the main indicators of the sustainable development of agritourism, identify the main factors of sustainable development, determine the degree of the effectiveness of certain management decisions. The purpose is to develop a structural model for sustainable development of agritourism, which makes it possible to predict the level of development of the tourism cluster and assess the impact of various management decisions impact on economic, environmental and social sustainability agrarian region. The article uses the method of modeling relationships between latent PLSPM variables as an analysis method, and the PLS analysis is intended for analyzing high-dimensional data in a poorly structured environment. The tool proposed in the article will allow you to determine the characteristics that have the greatest impact on the level of agritourism development. The described PLS analysis can be used to successfully solve the problems of sustainable development of the tourism cluster both at the level of regional government structures and at the level of agritourism business entities. Using modern theoretical and econometrical models authors made out recommendations as to develop agritourism for sustainable development of the tourism cluster on micro-and macrolevel.

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Self-efficacy and sustainable rural tourism development: local communities’ perspectives from Kuching, Sarawak

Cited by 38 publications

References 57 publications

Transformative rural tourism strategies as tools for sustainable development in Transylvania, Romania: a case study of Sâncraiu

Transformative rural tourism strategies as tools for sustainable development in Transylvania, Romania: a case study of Sâncraiu

How Can Rural Tourism Be Sustainable? A Systematic Review

Sustainable Development Modeling of Agritourism Clusters

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