Rural Tourism Research Paper

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Rural tourism is a form of tourism taking place in rural areas or settlements, providing employment and income to local population, and offering individualised holiday products to consumers. Rural tourism is based on accommodation service which is complemented by additional services/ facilities relying on the local social, cultural and natural resources, which are exploited according to the principles of sustainable development.
Rural tourism means a visit to rural areas for the purpose of participating in or experiencing activities, events or attractions not readily available in urbanized settings.
As against conventional tourism, rural tourism has certain typical characteristics like: it is experience oriented, the locations are sparsely …show more content…

Rural Tourism Development : Localism and Cultural Change by E. Wanda George, Heather Mair, Donald G. Reid, volume 27, Channel View Publications, 2009

Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over, but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns are reshaping leisure behaviour and travel. For those concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming increasingly provocative discourses for study. This book links changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper, more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism …show more content…

The Discovery of Tourism Economics by Larry Dwyer , volume 16, Emerald Group Publishing, 2011
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The Discovery of Tourism Economics, presents the personal histories of some of the worlds leading tourism economists, many of whom pioneered the field. This book is a unique collection of personal experiences and is a literary celebration of the global community of economic scholars current and future working in tourism. The study of tourism economics is a global phenomenon and this book provides a culturally and geographically diverse set of autobiographies. These stories reveal the wide range of personalities, passions, and peculiarities behind the authors choice of tourism as a specialization and answer questions like: How did your interest in tourism develop? Was there a particular person who influenced your career choices? What are the joys and frustrations of working as a tourism economist? What do you consider to be some of your most significant accomplishments? The tales of these successful and respected scholars provide students with insights into how careers in tourism economics emerge and evolve, revealing the unexpected opportunities, challenges, rewards, and idiosyncrasies of the careers of scholars who have become recognized leaders in their

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