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Tourism routes as a tool for the economic development of rural areas—vibrant hope or impossible dream?
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In this paper, the authors argue that the clustering of activities and attractions, and the development of rural tourism routes, stimulates co-operation and partnerships between local areas, and that meaningful community participation, together with public sector support, presents opportunities for small-scale indigenous tourism projects in less developed areas.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2004-02-01. It has received 741 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rural tourism & Rural poverty.read more
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Impacts of Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Use on Travel Patterns
Iis P. Tussyadiah,Juho Pesonen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify how the use of peer-to-peer accommodation leads to changes in travelers' behavior and identify how these changes can affect expansion in destination selection, increase in travel frequency, length of stay, and range of activities participated in tourism destinations.
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Residents’ Attitudes toward Existing and Future Tourism Development in Rural Communities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined residents' attitudes toward existing and future tourism development in several rural areas at different stages of tourism and economic development and found that residents of three distinct rural county-level areas were supportive of tourism development, and little evidence was found that attitudes toward tourism become negative with higher levels of tourism.
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Exploring the Tourism-Poverty Nexus
TL;DR: The idea of utilizing tourism to eliminate poverty has been embraced by donors, governments, non-governmental organisations, conservation organisations and tourism bodies, including the World Tourism Organisation as discussed by the authors. But the relationship between poverty and tourism has varied widely over the past half century, and many social scientists argued that poor people and non-western countries are typically excluded from or disadvantaged by what tourism can offer.
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Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework
Weibing Zhao,J. R. Brent Ritchie +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an integrative research framework, which synthesises multiple perspectives and can be used as an overarching guideline to stimulate and guide other future enquiries on tourism and poverty alleviation.
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The role of community involvement and number/type of visitors on tourism impacts: A controlled comparison of Annapurna, Nepal and Northwest Yunnan, China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the role of community involvement and number/type of visitors on tourism impacts in mountain destinations and find that the level of host involvement in management and number of tourists helped explain these destinations' varying degrees of economic leakage, local control, and socioeconomic inequity.
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Tourism, Technology and Competitive Strategies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the central role of information technology in creating mass tourism by the mid-1970 s, and how this technology and innovation is creating a new best practice of flexibility, market segmentation and diagonal integration within tourism.