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Understanding and managing the rural tourism experience — The case of a historical village in Portugal
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In this article, the authors examined the rural tourism experience offered by a small village in Central Portugal that uses its heritage and traditions to offer such experiences, and concluded that social, emotional and symbolic dimensions of the experience, associated with rurality, are important determinants of tourist satisfaction.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management Perspectives.The article was published on 2012-10-01. It has received 198 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tourism geography & Rural tourism.read more
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Tourism product development and product diversification in destinations
Abdelati M. Benur,Bill Bramwell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed two conceptual frameworks which assist with analyzing and understanding the features, relationships and strategic options associated with tourism product development, concentration, diversification and intensification in destinations.
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Revitalizing traditional villages through rural tourism: A case study of Yuanjia Village, Shaanxi Province, China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed an integrative and sustainable Rural Tourism-based Traditional Village Revitalization model to better understand the relationship between rural tourism and village revitalization, and a case study of the village of Yuanjia reveals that the model's three levels (material, social and spiritual) are effective pathways for successful village revitalisation.
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Exploring the conceptualization of the sensory dimension of tourist experiences
TL;DR: A review of empirical studies conducted under the experiential paradigm of tourism on the five human senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) evinces the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, which depends on research purposes, but also the practical implications of findings and data analysis to destination marketing and management as mentioned in this paper.
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How to Influence Rural Tourism Intention by Risk Knowledge during COVID-19 Containment in China: Mediating Role of Risk Perception and Attitude.
Hui Zhu,Fumin Deng +1 more
TL;DR: A structural equation model was proposed to compare risk knowledge, risk perception, risk aversion attitudes and behavioral intentions towards rural tourism and according to the empirical results, there was a large proportion of tourists showing preference for rural tourism recently.
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The sensory dimension of tourist experiences: Capturing meaningful sensory-informed themes in Southwest Portugal
TL;DR: In this paper, a self-administered survey in four languages was collected from 181 tourists in Southwest Portugal and four sensory-informed themes, tentatively named generic beach-related experience, nature-based experience, balanced experience, and rural experience, correspond to a four-solution cluster of tourists presenting different profiles.
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