Rural Tourism Projects Research Articles

The Application of an Augmented Reality Offline System for Rural Tourism Development at Pa’ Lungan, Bario

The development of rural tourism is one of the Malaysian government’s primary priorities for improving the socioeconomic and living conditions of the local community. Therefore, new ideas for assisting the rural population’s growth and economy through tourism must be explored. This article examines the application of augmented reality (AR) offline systems in improving this issue. It aims to review the planning, implementation, and effectiveness of the Interactive Digital Map (ID-MAP) as part of a rural tourism project in Pa’ Lungan, Bario, Sarawak. The study is carried out through a practical visual approach and analysed through observational, experiential and reflection approaches. The analysis elaborates on one of the main themes contained in the ID-MAP, which is linked to the famous tourist attraction of Pa’ Lungan – a megalithic rock called Batuh Ritung. The outcome was initially presented through an exhibition that applied digital information delivery using AR applications. As a result, an offline system was developed to assist locals in efficiently promoting tourism sites. This serves as an alternative platform that can verify the eligibility of tourist spots based on the existing digital and interactive multimedia systems, which are vital components in developing the smart village concept with Bario as a case study. Thus, this research has opened new interdisciplinary research opportunities and can be considered an alternative method to visual-based research, especially to stimulate the tourism industry and inform stakeholders and academics on the future of rural tourism.

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According to UNWTO 2012 (United Nation World Tourism Organization), “Tourism has a great potential to accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs). In India, rural tourism is one of the modern and emerging concepts, gaining popularity for playing a significant role in rural development. This is an alternative livelihood through which local people are getting social, economic, and cultural benefits. And, the Ministry of Tourism is also focusing on creating rural tourism projects. At present, Govt. of India has 107 rural tourism projects in 29 States which is an initiative towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat and Sustainable Development in rural areas of India. Many goals of Sustainable Development are directly and indirectly related to the objectives of rural tourism and the Govt. of India wants to rejuvenate this to gain self-economic growth after the COVID-19 outbreak. So, this paper focused on how sustainable development goals like gender equality; decent work, economic growth, etc. are connected with rural tourism. This paper is based on content analysis techniques and secondary data like reports from the Ministry of Tourism, reports on evaluation cum impact study of rural tourism projects (2011), India Tourism Statistics (2022), National Sample Survey Office report, and National Tourism Policies, Internet and Mobile Association of India report on homestay. The paper provides an overview of the connection of rural tourism and SDGs and how it is helping to achieve some sustainable development goals in India.

Resilient and regenerative Rural Tourism: the case of Travancinha Village, Portugal

In the recent past, Portugal has suffered from devastating rural fires, particularly in its hinterland regions, with current data on climate change suggesting an increasing risk. This risk jeopardizes these regions’ living conditions, while simultaneously deterring visitors. Still, particularly small-scale, locally embedded rural tourism projects may also help introduce changes in regional landscape management and enhance community resilience. The main goal of this study is to a) analyze the importance of prevention in addressing the challenges imposed by climate change in low-density territories, specifically associated to rural fires in the inland of Portugal, and b) explore how rural tourism can contribute to the resilience and regeneration of the destination after fire-incidents. Based on a qualitative study using a constructive-interpretive case study, namely that of Travancinha village (Municipality of Seia, in Portugal’s Central Region), semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with local tourism agents, local authorities, and tourism development agents and subjected to content-analysis. Also, documents and secondary data were analysed, namely statistics and policy documents regarding measures of climate change risk prevention, combat, and mitigation. Based on this, an analysis was performed regarding the pre- and post-fire periods of 2017 and 2022. The results reveal the importance of community collaboration in rural and low-density territories, in the analyzed case, and a model of regenerative tourism, based on community resilience, is proposed. Some conditioning factors for the success of this model are also identified. munidade.

Rural tourism combined with psychological intervention on functional cognitive disorders

BackgroundFunctional cognitive impairment, also known as cognitive impairment, can lead to severe loss of daily or social communication abilities and diagnosis of dementia. The treatment methods for functional cognitive impairment include medication, psychological training, and so on.Subjects and MethodsThe study conducted an experiment on 88 patients with functional cognitive impairment, dividing them into a control group, a psychological group, and an experimental group. The control group only received prescription medication provided by the doctor, the psychological group received social psychological intervention treatment on the basis of the control group, and the experimental group received comprehensive treatment of rural tourism projects on the basis of the psychological group. The study used the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) and Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) to evaluate the condition of three groups of patients after treatment, in order to analyze the therapeutic effects of different treatment plans on the patient’s condition.ResultsAs the treatment duration increases, the patient’s MCCB score gradually increases and the PANSS score gradually decreases, indicating that all three treatment regimens can improve the patient’s cognitive impairment. The MCCB and PANSS scores of the experimental group were better than those of the control group and the psychological group.ConclusionsThe effect of simple drug therapy is unclear and the treatment course is long. Combining medication with social psychology intervention training can improve the treatment effect of patients. Rural tourism projects combined with social psychological intervention present the best treatment effect.AcknowledgementThe Year of 2021 Vocational Education Teaching Reform Research Project of Shandong Province (No.2021120).

Study of Dotted Land Supply Policy for Rural Tourism in Wenzhou

In the post-epidemic era, high-safety, low-density rural tourism projects have led to a period of rapid development, while the piecemeal land supply model has severely limited the development of rural tourism, resulting in the emergence of the "dotted layout, dotted land supply, dotted development" dotted land supply model. Since Zhejiang Province proposed the reform of "sloping villages and towns" in 2015 and carried out the exploration of dotted land supply, various regions have followed suit, formulated dotted land supply policies and launched rural tourism pilot projects according to local conditions, providing policy reference and practical experience for Wenzhou's dotted land supply reform. At present, there are still problems such as inadequate support from the higher law, poor adaptability of traditional control regulations, omissions in village regulations and deviations from expectations in project implementation.

Evaluating Sustainability of Tourism Projects in Rural Land Development Base on a Resilience Model

The underutilisation or overutilisation of various interdependent and interacting factors poses a challenge to sustainable development and requires the development of an appropriate methodology to evaluate the sustainability of tourism development projects in rural Land (TDPRL). However, most previous evaluations of TDPRL sustainability are macro-oriented and ignore the entire project life cycle. This study focuses on the resilience characteristics of TDPRL and proposes a “sustainable resilience model” based on physical-mechanical theory, which analyses various factors influencing TDPRL resilience based on the three dimensions of tractive force, driving force, and internal dynamic, and constructs a qualitative evaluation index system through stakeholder meetings. Then the analytic network process (ANP) is used to assess the resilience of TDPRL quantitatively. The rationality of the evaluation index system is validated through an empirical analysis of three rural tourism projects in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. We found that the resilience of TDPRL depends first on the project fundamentals, which include population, industry, location, and infrastructure. Second, local elites are crucial to rural tourism revitalization. Third, the project team should have sufficient capacity to provide tourists with satisfactory products and services, ensuring the project’s sustainable operation, and meeting the core demands of stakeholders. This study provides a novel tool for the decision-making and improvement of rural tourist project development and land use planning over the project life cycle.

Conclusion: how could rural tourism provide better support for well-being and socioeconomic development?

PurposeThis concluding paper summarizes the articles presented in this issue and the significant themes that emerged from the authors' contributions. The main objective of this theme issue on rural tourism is to examine different facets of rural tourism that are critical to short-term recovery as well as long-term sustainable development.Design/methodology/approachThis article draws on the findings of the papers and revisits the question: how could rural tourism provide better support for well-being and socioeconomic development?FindingsThe papers in this issue can be classified into one of three clusters: (1) cultural traditions; (2) support for rural tourism service providers and (3) embracing new technologies. In addition to classifying these papers, the authors propose a conceptual framework to achieve sustainable rural tourism and development comprising four critical success factors for sustainable rural tourism and development.Originality/valueThe main objective of this theme issue is to examine different facets of rural tourism that are critical to short-term recovery as well as long-term sustainable development. Here the authors summarize the findings and propose a conceptual model for the benefit of managers. The authors think that the model could be helpful in designing a strategy for developing sustainable rural tourism projects. It includes reference to (1) stakeholder engagement and support for capacity-building, (2) gradual and organic growth processes, (3) valorization of sociocultural traditions and preservation of cultural heritage and (4) leveraging digital technology in marketing strategy.

Research on the Development Mode and Countermeasures of Rural Cultural Tourism Integration:Take Chaohu Sangua Commune as an Example

The promotion of the integrated development mode of culture and tourism of the academy has opened up a new path for the development direction and goal planning of the traditional rural tourism industry, and has also brought new opportunities for the development of rural tourism. By analyzing the rural cultural and tourism integration mode based on the integration of culture and tourism, and choosing the rural development tourism project of sangua commune in Chaohu City, Anhui Province as a case study, this paper studies the related problems such as weak foundation of rural tourism characteristic industry, single tourism product, low tourism cultural grade and imperfect infrastructure under the background of cultural and tourism integration, and puts forward the implementation path of cultural and tourism integration in the tourism destination of sangua commune. It can provide a theoretical basis for the current rural tourism planning and construction, with a view to providing reference for the development of rural tourism industry.

Decentralized North-South cooperation and rural territorial development, what articulation? Case of rural tourism projects in the provinces of AZILAL and KHENIFRA

Decentralized North-South cooperation and rural territorial development, what articulation? Case of rural tourism projects in the provinces of AZILAL and KHENIFRA

Changes of Women's Roles in the Context of Rural Tourism Development: Case of "Beautiful South" in Nanning, China

Tourism, as an important part of modern industry, has had a great impact on the changes of women's roles in rural tourism destinations, but it has not been paid enough attention by researchers in previous studies. Taking the "Beautiful South" rural tourism project as an example, the author explores the reasons and circumstances of women's participation in rural tourism from the perspective of gender, and the impact of rural tourism on the changes in the role of local women. This study found that women's participation in rural tourism production activities is more active than men, and the reasons for their participation are diverse. The economic growth brought about by the development of rural tourism is one of the important driving forces for the changes in the role of rural women. The strict gender division in production and labor no longer exists, and the initiative and independence of local women in the economy have been improved. And there has been a trend of women transforming from passive recipients of the original life model to active pursuit of ideal life, from being a victim of the right to self-education under the pressure of family conditions and local traditions to being the leader of the right to self-education. However, it has not completely deviated from the traditional division of labor of "male leading the outside and female leading the inside". There is still a long way to go before true equality between men and women and women's complete autonomy in all aspects.

Volunteering Tourism and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of an Andean Indigenous Project: Quilla Pacari, Chimborazo

Volunteering tourism incorporates services and activities related to the caring of environmental, cultural, or humanitarian issues, intending to benefit not only tourists but also locals. Therefore, this activity fits into principles of sustainable development which has been defined as growth based on a balance between the environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of volunteering tourism to sustainable development and to identify the crucial factors to implement a successful volunteering project. We explored the interactions between volunteering tourism and sustainable development through a qualitative approach considering as case study: the rural tourism project “Quilla Pacari”, located in the highlands of Chimborazo province, Ecuador. Our findings proportionate information about the influence of volunteering tourism in principles associated with sustainable development revealing a general insight into the interactions and identifying the perception about the crucial factors to implement a successful volunteering project. However, the Quilla Pacari project located in Chimborazo province is relatively emergent and further studies are needed to clarify all the relations associated with the process.

Rural Tourism Resource Evaluation Based on Computer Analytic Hierarchy Process

After the CPC central committee put forward the construction of a new socialist countryside, rural tourism has been favored by more and more tourists and has become an important part of the development of China’s tourism industry.In recent years, the development of rural tourism has also presented a new trend, and many new rural tourism projects suitable for regional development have been developed.Based on the analysis of the current situation of rural tourism development, an evaluation system based on the characteristics of rural tourism resources is established by using computer analytic hierarchy process (ahp).And select representative rural tourism scenic spots for empirical research to provide scientific basis for the development of rural tourism resources.

The resident participation in endogenous rural tourism projects: a case study of Kumbalangi in Kerala, India

ABSTRACT This study intended to explore the role of residents’ participation on their perceived benefits of endogenous rural tourism project in Kumbalangi in Kerala, India. Using data collected from registered voters in Kumbalangi, the study revealed that that participation in the planning phase was a significant factor of participation in the implementation phase. The finding also showed that resident participation in the implementation phase significantly influenced resident’s perceived benefits of rural tourism development in infrastructure, income, quality of life, and culture. Many practical implications are further discussed to encourage resident participation.

VIKOR method for financing risk assessment of rural tourism projects under interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment

VIKOR method for financing risk assessment of rural tourism projects under interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment

The role of EU programmes in stimulating entrepreneurship in rural regions: A viewpoint from Bulgaria

The paper aims to examine rural entrepreneurship and the way it is enhanced by the EAFRD programme. The specific focus is on the perceptions and entrepreneurial behaviour of beneficiaries of hospitality and rural tourism projects in Bulgaria. The findings imply that participants demonstrate various entrepreneurship initiatives and call for closer cooperation with the local institutions, in order to maximize the overall effects. Involvement of higher public authorities, or programmes (such as EAFRD) considerably enhances rural entrepreneurship by providing a chance for potential entrepreneurs to start-up their own venture, and by determining general goals, which will affect both people and local institutions.

Rural Tourism Development through Cross-border Cooperation. The Case of Romanian-Hungarian Cross-border Area

Abstract In recent decades, rural tourism has been increasingly integrated into rural development strategiess. Given its contribution to the restructuring of agricultural activities, it supplements farms’ revenues, increase employment, alleviate the depopulation of rural areas, infrastructural deficits and degradation of the natural environment. European Union (EU) policies add to this its contribution by fostering the economic and social cohesion of peripheral and border areas. Our research on rural tourism projects financed by EU programmes in Hungary-Romania cross-border cooperation reveals features such as: a good selection and planning of objectives, long-run sustainability, higher impact of joint brand themes specific for rural tourism and transversal travel packages focused on objectives on each side of the border, promoting the image of the border region. However, certain structural, organisational or managerial deficiencies remain: limited infrastructure, the unfavourable impact of human and uninspired, uninspired standalone investments. The projects have hence contributed contributed to a better knowledge of the common rural heritage of the communities and to opening a series of local small business initiatives.

農村観光地化事業が韓国伝統的集落の景観保全に与える影響に関する研究

農村観光地化事業が韓国伝統的集落の景観保全に与える影響に関する研究

Вовлечение субъектов сельского хозяйства в туристскую деятельность (на примере Ставропольского края)

Current geopolitical changes and trends in socio-economic development increase the importance and prospects of development of domestic tourism. Emerging opportunities are significant not only for well-known destinations and tourist products, but also for tourism products and routes that by their attractiveness is competitive with the objects of mass tourism demand. Considering the possibilities of development of weekend tourism, flashpacker and trailering, can be concluded that the sector of rural tourism in all its diversity, can attract a significant part of the tourist flow. At present, rural tourism is not a mass leisure activity. Researches of needs and interests of tourists are known. However, there are no researches revealing assessment of the prospects of existing or potential rural tourism projects. With that, it should be emphasized that they are not only important for investors or business leaders, but also for tourism administrations as a tool to identify barriers or areas of support of rural tourism projects. Rural tourism - one of the most famous and popular forms of recreation. Many experts note its ability to compete with the leaders of the global tourism - beach and cultural tourism. Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation is region with high level of agricultural development and rich touristic and recreational potential. Development of private sector in agriculture industry, aspiration of small and large private companies to diversify their activities by expanding non-agricultural segment caused the formation and development of rural tourism. Variety of tourism resources and cultural heritage of Stavropol region allowed entrepreneurs to create different tourist products in the segment of rural recreation. In the current context the formation of rural tourism industry in the Stavropol region is the rightful issue. The author has conducted marketing research to study the attitude of agriculture entities in Stavropol region to engaging in tourist activities. The data obtained show the positive attitude of agriculture entities of the region to the tourist activity. However, more than 89% of respondents consider it necessary to develop a state policy in the field of rural tourism at the federal and regional levels.

Impacts of Rural Tourism Project: A Case of Naggar Village, Himachal Pradesh

Majority, about 70%, of India's population lives in the countryside. It suffers from many economic and social problems such as poor infrastructure, ignorance, unemployment, poverty, unprivileged women and so on. Tourism, if planned well, is theoretically understood of being prowess to addressing such issues. This article aims to assess the present scenario of tourism at Naggar village, Himachal Pradesh. Findings reveal that local residents and business- owners have positive attitude towards tourism and there is no negative impact perceived hitherto.

Daqing Rural Experiential Tourism Project Development

Daqing City, as the resource city with petroleum industry as its main industry, it’s essential for its industrial structure adjustment and city transition to develop the experiencing tourist in rural area. On the basis of the elaboration of the rural experience tourism resources of the city of Daqing, ASEB analysis is conducted on the rural experience tourism resources of the city of Daqing to explore the principles, directions, contents and strategies of project development. The development direction of the rural experience tourism projects in Daqing City should first identify the development goal of best quality, and then have the diversified development route; The development of the project should focused on picking experiencing tourism project, high-tech agriculture experiencing project and national customs experiencing tourism project by taking advantage of the resources in Daqing; the development strategies should exactly position the market, fully excavate experience connotation, and enrich experience environment.