Rural tourism and sustainable business / edited by Derek Hall, Irene Kirkpatrick, and Morag Mitchell.
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TextSeries: Aspects of tourism ; 26.Publication details: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, 2005.Description: xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN: - 1845410114
- 338.4791 HAL
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 338.4791 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100328369 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rural tourism as sustainable business: key themes and issues -- Rural tourism policy: European perspectives -- Rural tourism business: a North American overview -- Legislative frameworks for rural tourism: comparative studies from Spain -- Effective marketing for rural tourism -- Exploitation of ICT for rural tourism enterprises: the case of Aragon, Spain.
Co-operative marketing structures in rural tourism: the Irish case -- Regional co-operation in rural theme trails -- Rural wine and food tourism cluster and network development -- Globalisation, rural tourism and community power -- The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: the case of the Maroons of Jamaica -- Farm tourism co-operation in Taiwan.
Quality as a key driver in sustainable rural tourism businesses -- Rural tourism businesses and environmental management systems -- 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\' -- Entrepreneurial personality traits in managing rural tourism and sustainable business -- Business development, rural tourism and the implications of milieu -- Sustainable rural tourism business practice: progress and policy in south east Cornwall -- Rural tourism business as sustained and sustainable development?
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Rural Tourism as Sustainable Business: Key Themes and Issues
- 2 Rural Tourism Policy: European Perspectives
- 3 Rural Tourism Business: A North American Overview
- 4 Legislative Frameworks for Rural Tourism: Comparative Studies from Spain
- 5 Effective Marketing for Rural Tourism
- 6 Exploitation of ICT for Rural Tourism Enterprises: The Case of Aragon, Spain
- 7 Co-operative Marketing Structures in Rural Tourism: The Irish Case
- 8 Regional Co-operation in Rural Theme Trails
- 9 Rural Wine and Food Tourism Cluster and Network Development
- 10 Globalisation, Rural Tourism and Community Power
- 11 The Development of Tourism Businesses in Rural Communities: The Case of the Maroons of Jamaica
- 12 Farm Tourism Co-operation in Taiwan
- 13 Quality as a Key Driver in Sustainable Rural Tourism Businesses
- 14 Rural Tourism Businesses and Environmental Management Systems
- 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'
- 16 Entrepreneurial Personality Traits in Managing Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business
- 17 Business Development, Rural Tourism and the Implications of Milieu
- 18 Sustainable Rural Tourism Business Practice: Progress and Policy in South East Cornwall
- 19 Rural Tourism Business as Sustained and Sustainable Development?
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.