Winery Operators’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Wine Tourism Development

Chiappa, Giacomo Del; Alebaki, Maria; Menexes, George

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16981-7_10

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“…Wine tourism requires the willing engagement of winery operators (Del Chiappa et al, 2019). The main reasons for not participating in wine tourism appear to overlap with the main challenges encountered when participating in wine tourism: the additional time and workload that added to the already demanding entrepreneurial work of producing and selling wine.…”

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Relevance and challenges of wine tourism in Germany: a winery operators’ perspective

Tafel

Szolnoki

2020

IJWBR

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Purpose This paper aims to put Germany on par with other countries in terms of academic research on the topic of wine tourism from a producers’ perspective. Design/methodology/approach For this study, 199 in-depth interviews and 703 online questionnaires with winery operators in Germany were collected and analyzed according to a mixed-methods framework. Findings The results indicate that wine tourism is highly relevant not only for wineries but also for the families behind the predominantly small companies. The respondents reported increased demand for wine tourism activities, particularly those that are close to large cities. The findings show that the main challenges in the German wine tourism sector are to achieve a coordinated collaboration among stakeholders and to stop the ongoing concentration process in the restaurant industry. Social implications Appropriate strategic decisions backed by governmental support may help to enhance Germany’s developing wine tourism industry, thereby preserving cultural heritage and strengthening some of the country’s structurally disadvantaged rural areas. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work is the first mixed-methods framework study in the research field of wine tourism that includes producers from all wine regions in one country.

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Relevance and challenges of wine tourism in Germany: a winery operators’ perspective

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Szolnoki

2020

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“…In the last decade, wine tourism became a key player in gastronomic tourism (López-Guzmán & Sánchez Cañizares, 2008;Hall & Mitchell, 2000), e.g. in Italy (Del Chiappa et al, 2019), France (Thach & Cogan-Marie, 2018), Australia (Sigala, 2019), Portugal (Lavandoski, et al, 2018). It plays an important role in preserving the cultural landscape.…”

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The Role of Slovenian Local Government in the Wine Tourism Promotion

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Rangus³

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Wine, viticulture, and winemaking are an important cornerstone of economic development, culture, and tourism. Especially in wine-growing parts of the world where symbols related to wine are used even as local or national symbols. Viticulture and its complementary branches are differently developed in different parts of the world – the predisposition of further development, however, is also influenced importantly by positions of different identification referential groups which they have towards the use of wine and further development of the profession. Based on the research of standpoints of the mayors in the Republic of Slovenia, which could be presented as “wine-growing country” with regards to the extent of the vine, we can assert that mayors with their relationship towards wine and their operations influence the use of local wine for the tourist promotion of destination importantly. According to that, we figure out that mayors play an important role in the development of “public policy” in the local environment. In the forming of the positions towards the use of wine for the promotion, the direct experiences are important, as well as the environment where the mayors come from and all identification elements in the sense of cultural heritage, tradition, and development of the branch.

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