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Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business

Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business

Prof. Derek R Hall | Irene Kirkpatrick | Morag Mitchell

(2005)

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Abstract

This book provides the latest conceptual thinking on, and case study exemplification of, rural tourism and sustainable business development from Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East and Japan in 19 concise, manageable chapters. The book is organised into distinct yet interrelated sections, and benefits from strong editorial input in terms of context setting and summary chapters. Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business represents a high quality text integrating the latest thinking on the evolving strategic roles of rural tourism and its role in sustainable business development. It provides readily accessible material drawn from a range of environmental and cultural contexts and draws attention to the nature and interrelationships between local and global issues in rural tourism and development.


This is a book to savour and one that should make readers think. Well chosen contributors from around the world present a rich mix of theory and practice.


The editors have all worked together in the former Leisure and Tourism Management Department of the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) which produced the ‘Auchincruive Declaration’ on tourism and rural sustainability in 1998, and which this book helps to perpetuate. They have common interests in sustainable rural development, notably Morag Mitchell in economic evaluation, Irene Kirkpatrick in equine recreation development, and Derek Hall in retirement recreation in the countryside. Dr Mitchell is now Rural Economist with SAC Aberdeen, Ms Kirkpatrick had administrative roles with SAC Auchincruive, and Professor Hall is Visiting Professor with Häme Polytechnic, Finland and a partner of Seabank Enterprises, Scotland.


This book provides constructive knowledge on the development and diversity of rural tourism. It will contribute to a much-needed reinvigoration of the rural tourism debate.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
Preface vii
The Contributors viii
Abbreviations xi
Part 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Rural Tourism as Sustainable Business: Key Themes and Issues 3
Part 2 Strategic Considerations 15
Chapter 2 Rural Tourism Policy: European Perspectives 17
Chapter 3 Rural Tourism Business: A North American Overview 41
Chapter 4 Legislative Frameworks for Rural Tourism: Comparative Studies from Spain 63
Chapter 5 Effective Marketing for Rural Tourism 87
Chapter 6 Exploitation of ICT for Rural Tourism Enterprises: The Case of Aragon, Spain 103
Part 3 Networks, Partnerships andCommunity Support 119
Chapter 7 Cooperative Marketing Structures in Rural Tourism: The Irish Case 121
Chapter 8 Regional Cooperation in Rural Theme Trails 137
Chapter 9 Rural Wine and Food Tourism Cluster and Network Development 149
Chapter 10 Globalisation, Rural Tourism and Community Power 165
Chapter 11 The Development of Tourism Businesses in Rural Communities: The Case of the Maroons of Jamaica 180
Chapter 12 Farm Tourism Cooperation in Taiwan 201
Part 4 Quality Sustainable Business 225
Chapter 13 Quality as a Key Driver inSustainable Rural TourismBusinesses 227
Chapter 14 Rural Tourism Businesses and Environmental Management Systems 249
Chapter 15 Researching the Links Between Environmental Quality Kite Marks and Local Tourism Business Performance: A Discourse Analysis of the Welsh Rural Beach Quality ‘Green Coast Award’ 268
Chapter 16 Entrepreneurial Personality Traits inManaging Rural Tourism andSustainable Business 287
Chapter 17 Business Development, RuralTourism, and the Implicationsof Milieu 305
Chapter 18 Sustainable Rural Tourism Business Practice: Progress and Policy in South East Cornwall 323
Part 5 Conclusion 351
Chapter 19 Rural Tourism Business as Sustained and Sustainable Development? 353
Index 365