Sustainable Development Of Rural Tourism Research Articles

Sustainable rural tourism: linking residents’ environmentally responsible behaviour to tourists’ green consumption

ABSTRACT Based on the Stimulus-Organism-Response framework, this research sought to examine tourists’ environmental concern and destination identification as mediating variables between residents’ environmentally responsible behaviour and tourists’ green consumption in Chinese rural tourism. A total of 275 participants were recruited, and structural equation modelling was conducted to test hypotheses. Findings indicate residents’ environmentally responsible behaviour has a positive relationship with tourists’ green consumption; environmental concern and destination identification mediated this relationship. Moreover, tourists’ destination identification was found to impact their environmental concerns significantly. The present study contributes to promoting the sustainable development of rural tourism.

Study on the Influencing Factors and Acting Path of the Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism Based on EEAM-ISM Model

The sustainable development of rural tourism is a complex system that includes both objective environmental factors and subjective human factors. Based on the three dimensions of “man–machine–environment”, the element event analysis method (EEAM) is introduced to identify and determine the components of the rural tourism composite system. Then, a hierarchical digraph of the rural tourism complex system is constructed by the interpretative structural model (ISM), and the logical structural relations among factors are explored to clarify the action paths. It is found that: (1) through three rounds of soliciting opinions and revising the list of factors, a total of 26 key factors affecting the sustainable development of rural tourism were screened out; (2) the influencing factors are related to each other to form a five-level factor hierarchical structure, which clearly reveals the overall structure of the system and the support dependencies among factors; (3) on the basis of clarifying the path of influencing factors, the targeted countermeasures and suggestions for the sustainable development of rural tourism are proposed for three key paths. This not only provides a certain theoretical basis for sustainable forecasting but also helps decision-makers to take targeted countermeasures.

Research on Ecological Rural Tourism Development Based on Green Environmental Protection Model

Ecological environment is the foundation and prerequisite for the development of rural tourism. The development of rural tourism promotes the rural ecological environment. The coordinated development of the two is of great significance to the sustainable development of rural tourism and the construction of ecological civilization in rural areas. Here, this article briefly summarizes the current plight of rural tourism and the relationship between rural tourism and the ecological environment, and puts forward some suggestions for the joint development of rural tourism and ecological environment protection, and pays attention to the protection of the ecological environment while recognizing the development of rural tourism, to achieve the harmonious and common development of rural tourism and the environment.

Sustainable rural tourism development in the era of social media shape identities and discourse digital settings

This paper discusses about sustainable tourism creative initiative in the era of social media & digital settings The essence of a tour is an unusual experience, therefore an authentification of tourist attractions is one of the competitive advantages to meet those needs. So many tourist attractions process and develop to reach that goals without regard to environmental sustainability. Moreover, coupled with the ease of access from social media, tourism actors only aim for bussiness and management excellence. The location of this discriptive qualitative analysis research is in Ponggok Village, Klaten Regency. This study highlights the problem of how perspective of tourism development that shapes identity and meets the needs of today’s digital settings while still paying attention to environmental sustainability. It is necessary to develop scenarios to achieve optimal tourism offers. The purpose of writing this research is to know the perspective of scenario development to get a sensation on a tour by entering aspects of the identity of a place and as a discourse of digital settings. In effort to provide answers, the posibilities for implementation of these technologies for the purpose of research area increasing and have the power to change tourism mobility research as it stands today.

Transformative rural tourism strategies as tools for sustainable development in Transylvania, Romania: a case study of Sâncraiu

Purpose According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is a form of tourism that meets the needs of present tourists and host regions, while protecting and enhancing the opportunity for the future. It aims at having a low impact upon the environment and local culture; generating income and employment; and ensuring the conservation of local ecosystems. This paper aims to examine the ways in which the development and promotion of a new tourism product based on unique rural heritage and traditions contribute to the development of sustainable tourism by relating the practices to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 1, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 17. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a literature review on the topic of sustainable rural tourism, this paper uses a case-study methodological approach and provides an example of a sustainable rural tourism destination from the North Western development region of Romania (Cluj County, Transylvania) to depict specific sustainable tourism practices. The study uses a comprehensive desk-research based on secondary data from key industry and academic sources. Findings The research findings show that sustainable rural tourism can greatly support the development of rural destination and makes a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the Romanian tourism industry, in general, and rural economies in particular, as shown in the case examined in the paper. Sâncraiu represents an example of sustainable tourism practices that contribute to poverty reduction (SDG1 – Target 1.A), provide decent work and ensure economic growth (SDG8 – Target 8.9), help reducing inequalities (SDG10 – Target 10.3), protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage (SDG 11 – Target 11.4), promote responsible consumption and production (SDG 21 – Target 12.b) and last but not least this destination demonstrates that development is only possible when partnerships are forged (SDG 17). Social implications This paper illustrates that fostering unique rural heritage and traditions can contribute to the sustainable development of destinations. Sustainable tourism practices contribute not only financially to a destination but also to its social infrastructures, jobs, nature conservation, adoption of new working practices and the revitalisation of passive and poor rural areas. Originality/value This paper examines and depicts sustainable rural tourism development as a transformative strategy contributing to the long-term viability of a rural destination. The research findings can be viewed as an example of good practice, which may be applicable to other geographic regions with similar contexts.

Wasserstein distance-based probabilistic linguistic TODIM method with application to the evaluation of sustainable rural tourism potential

The evaluation of sustainable rural tourism potential is a key work in sustainable rural tourism development. Due to the complexity of the rural tourism development situation and the limited cognition of people, most of the assessment problems for sustainable rural tourism potential are highly uncertain, which brings challenges to the characterisation and measurement of evaluation information. Besides, decision-makers (DMs) usually do not exhibit complete rationality in the practical evaluation process. To tackle such problems, this paper proposes a new behaviour multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method with probabilistic linguistic terms sets (PLTSs) by integrating Wasserstein distance measure into TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese of interactive and multicriteria decision making) method. Firstly, a new Wasserstein-based distance measure with PLTSs is defined, and some properties of the proposed distance are developed. Secondly, based on the correlation coefficient among attributes and standard deviation of each attribute, an attribute weight determination method (called PL-CRITIC method) is proposed. Subsequently, a Wasserstein distance-based probabilistic linguistic TODIM method is developed. Finally, the proposed method is applied to the evaluation of sustainable rural tourism potential, along with sensitivity and comparative analyses, as a means of illustrating the effectiveness and advantages of the new method.

Study on the coupling mechanism of social interaction and rural tourism practitioners sustainable participation

As a green industry, tourism provides a new path for the green development of rural areas and plays an important role in the development of rural economy and the construction of ecological civilization, the sustainable participation willingness of the practitioners is the primary factor that affects the sustainable development of rural tourism. This paper studies the effect of Social Interaction on sustainable participation of practitioners. Through the empirical analysis, it is found that the interaction between practitioners and tourists, government and neighbours has a significant positive impact on the willingness of practitioners to continue to participate in rural tourism. Practitioners’ satisfaction with local tourism development plays an intermediary role in social interaction behaviour and willingness to participate continuously.

On Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism in Jiangxi Province from the Perspective of All-for-one Tourism

A good ecological environment is the greatest advantage and precious wealth of rural areas. Developing rural tourism energetically can not only promote the development of rural economy, but also promote the transformation and upgrading of rural industrial structure. At present, under the background of all-for-one tourism development and policy support, the countryside has become the best carrier to undertake the quality leisure vacation demand of urban residents, and developing rural tourism has also become an important way to promote the development of all-for-one tourism. On the basis of combing and analyzing present situation of rural tourism development in Jiangxi Province and combining with background of all-for-one tourism, this essay puts forward paths and countermeasures of rural tourism development in Jiangxi Province aiming at providing insight and reference for transformation and upgrading of rural tourism in Jiangxi.

Retraction: Research on the Sustainable Development of Rural E-commerce Tourism Based on the Big Data Analysis from the Perspective of Urban and Rural Development Balance (J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1744 032216)

This article has been retracted by IOP Publishing following an allegation that raises concerns this article may have been created, manipulated, and/or sold by a commercial entity. In addition, IOP Publishing has seen no evidence that reliable peer review was conducted on this article, despite the clear standards expected of and communicated to conference organisers. The authors of the article have been given opportunity to present evidence that they were the original and genuine creators of the work, however at the time of publication of this notice, IOP Publishing has not received any response. IOP Publishing has analysed the article and agrees there are enough indicators to cause serious doubts over the legitimacy of the work and agree this article should be retracted. The authors are encouraged to contact IOP Publishing Limited if they have any comments on this retraction. Retraction published: 16 September 2022

Research on the Sustainable Development of Rural E-commerce Tourism Based on the Big Data Analysis from the Perspective of Urban and Rural Development Balance

As a traditional agricultural country, China has excellent conditions for developing rural tourism. Under the guidance of balanced urban and rural development, the rural tourism industry has developed rapidly and has become a popular choice for Chinese residents’ leisure and vacation. This article first analyzes the significance and significance of balancing urban and rural development from the perspective of balancing urban and rural development, and then introduces the current development of rural tourism in my country, and finally proposes a sustainable development strategy for rural tourism from the perspective of balancing urban and rural development based on the analysis of big data, aiming to promote rural tourism development of Travel e-commerce.

Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park

As a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated to Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is the second national park in Romanian. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the prospects for sustainable development of rural tourism in the area of Rodna Mountains National Park, taking into account its impact on the social and economic life of the inhabitants of the Rodna commune, but also factors that may positively or negatively influence the whole process. From a methodological perspective, quantitative methods were used; a survey-based research was carried out among Romanian mountain tourists, aiming at identifying and analyzing their opinions and suggestions regarding tourism in protected areas in Romania, as well as the impact of the tourist flows generated by the Park upon the surrounding communities. Rodna Mountains National Park seems to be among the favorite destinations of tourists, as the respondents have a good and very good general impression about the interaction with the mountain and protected areas, prefer internal to external destinations regardless of the season, budgets allocated per night, per stay and annually are quite high, so the purchasing power is also high; they constitute a solid foundation for the decisions of the tourist development of the area. The need for holidays and the savings that tourists make throughout the year to go on vacation, regardless of income level, give viability to this opportunity. Other results of this research are related to the problems tourists helped to identify and the solutions they proposed.

The Concept of Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in the Face of COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence from Russia

In the context of globalized processes, the importance of the sustainable development concept in solving the problems of local tourism systems development is growing. Unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis in the tourism sector, on the one hand, questioned the possibility of fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the goals of sustainable tourism. On the other hand, they emphasized the need for balance between three pillars of sustainability, both as an urgency tool to cope with the pandemic crisis and as a solid basis for long-term development in the post-pandemic period. The study presented in the paper discusses sustainability issues in rural tourism as one of the most promising sectors for the development of domestic tourism on the example of the Russian tourism industry. The overall goal of the study initiated in the pre-pandemic period is to find ways to support sustainable rural tourism in Russian regions and to develop indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of local strategic development programs, taking into account national and regional specifics. This paper discusses intermediate results obtained with the adjustment for pandemic challenges. The authors combined a number of methods and techniques, namely desk research, statistical analysis, and analysis of empirical data obtained by means of in-depth interviews, as well as a survey using a formal questionnaire. The results confirm that Russian enterprises and local communities considered the three pillars of sustainability as important to develop tourism in rural destinations both in the pre-pandemic period and in times of challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the findings show weaknesses in the federal and local policy, including the lack of systemic measures to improve the sustainable management of Russian tourism destinations. From the authors’ point of view, it makes sense to adapt the European tourism indicator system for sustainable destinations (ETIS) for local peculiarities. ETIS is a useful tool to boost the sustainable development of rural destinations by encouraging stakeholder engagement and monitoring processes. In the case of Russia, one needs to add indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of the implementation of strategic development programs in the field of tourism.

Study on the influence of knowledge transfer on the ability of community residents in the development of rural tourism

Rural tourism is not only an important means to achieve rural revitalization, but also an important way to achieve targeted poverty alleviation and improve the living standards of community residents. In order to achieve high-quality and sustainable development of rural tourism, the key is to improve the selfmanagement ability of community residents and stimulate the endogenous force of rural tourism. Knowledge transfer can effectively improve the knowledge level and ability of community residents, improve the tourism operation and management ability of community residents in essence, and revitalize talents for the development of rural tourism. From the perspective of knowledge transfer, this article mainly studies which abilities of community residents have been improved by knowledge transfer and what impact has it had on rural tourism, which also provides a new perspective for rural tourism research.

Study on the Sustainability of Rural Tourism under the Background of Rural Revitalization

For a long time, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to rural development. At the report of the 19th National Congress, the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out that we should firmly “implement the Rural Revitalization Strategy” and “adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas”. With the improvement of rural ecological environment and the development of economic construction, rural tourism has become more and more popular among the public, and has become one of the important pillars of Rural Revitalization and poverty alleviation. At the same time, rural tourism has greatly increased villagers’ income, improved villagers’ quality of life, and improved villagers’ happiness index. It can be seen that the rural tourism industry and the implementation of Rural Revitalization Strategy promote each other, and the positive development of rural tourism is the only way to promote the construction of new socialist countryside. This paper discusses how to realize the sustainable development of rural tourism in the context of Rural Revitalization from the perspective of the long-term significance of rural tourism to Rural Revitalization and the ways to develop rural tourism.

Rural tourism, biodiversity and sustainable development: complementarity and impact on the well-being of rural population

Methods. In the research, the following methods were used: analysis, content analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, hypothetical, deductive method, modeling method. Results. There is revealed the observance of harmony between economic, socio-cultural, political, environmental aspects is today the strategy of world policy in tourism. The general factors of development of business in a countryside for many countries of the world are defined. Such factors are: integration of rural areas into the global competitive economy; reducing the importance of agriculture as a branch in rural production; socio-economic transformations of rural space; capacity to use the resources of a rural family; compliance with the provisions on cooperation of farms; sustainability of financial and technological support to farmers. It is determined that the European integration vector requires the formation of the principles of structural policy of rural development in Ukraine. However, this policy should be implemented taking into account historical experience, the specifics of cultural traditions, modern practice in tourism. It is determined that the preservation and restoration of biological diversity is important for the diversification of rural tourism. Novelty. The interrelationships and interdependencies of sustainable development of rural tourism, ensuring biodiversity, improving the welfare of the rural population are revealed. Ukraine has significant biodiversity potential and can be considered as one of the powerful reserves for biodiversity restoration in Europe. According to the theoretical analysis of scientific publications (T. Zinchuk, N. Kutsmus) it is revealed that diversification of the rural economy is a strategy to minimize risks: both climatic and biological; reduction of agricultural employment and increasing tensions in the labour market; adverse fluctuations in market conditions and the level of profitability of the enterprise, and thus - the socio-economic stability of the industry and rural development. Practical value. There is a new vector of state policy on sustainable tourism development based on the formation of rural tourism, taking into account the characteristics of rural areas, biodiversity conservation, improving the economic and social condition of the rural population, enrichment of national culture and agro-ecosystem of Ukraine.

Local Wisdom for Sustainable Rural Tourism: The Case Study of North Tugu Village, West Java Indonesia

This study aims to discuss local wisdom for the development of sustainable rural tourism in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Culture that was grown in some area and society can’t be lost because of the development of era. This case study was conducted to find out the local wisdom in Tugu Utara Village, so that it can be used as a tourist attraction. This is expected to be developed into a sustainable tourism village in Bogor. The methodology in this research is qualitative with ethnography. This study found that: economic viability in the village is classified as an entrepreneurial community and tourism actors; local prosperity in the village including prosperous areas of mountainous natural resources, hills, and plantations (tea and coffee); visitor fulfillment; employment quality (villagers serve very friendly); social equity; local control (local culture is still developed in the village and has a characteristic "punten" culture that is courtesy); community wellbeing; cultural richness (culture in the village is still very applied, such as the use and speech of Sundanese language, applying the greeting "punten"); physical integrity (integrity and enthusiasm of young people to build a high village); biological diversity (diversity in villages such as); resource efficiency; environmental purity (nature presented is still beautiful, natural, and cool). The recipient application of this research study is the people of North Tugu Village, especially the tourism village managers.

Analysis of the prospects for sustainable development of rural and ecological tourism in Russia on basis of global experience

The goal of research was the carrying-out of analysis of the rural and ecological tourism in Russia and the determination of the prospects for the transition to sustainable tourism development based on the experience of foreign countries and areas of the world. Based on the author’s own data, as well as expert assessments, an analysis of the prospects and opportunities for the development of rural tourism in Russia was carried out. In the course of the research performance, the necessity of the diversification of Russia rural economy was substantiated, which will contribute to the creation of conditions for alternative employment of the population in non-agricultural sectors, in particular, in rural tourism. As the result, recommendations were elaborated for the transition to sustainable tourism development in rural areas of Russia.

COMPARATIVE AND COMPETITIVES ADVANTAGES: PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL TOURISM (STUDY ON TOURISM IN THE PROVINCE OF BALI INDONESIA)

Rural tourism is an interpretation of the development of culture-based and environmentally sustainable tourism and involves various stakeholders including local communities. Data were analyzed using the SEM-PLS, sample Research respondents numbered 192 including farmers, tourism industry players, village leaders, NGOs, academics and the government. The findings of this study are that community involvement in sustainable rural tourism has a positive and significant impact on efforts to build a comparative advantage of village tourism. Meanwhile, community involvement does not have a significant effect on efforts to build competitive advantage. Government involvement in sustainable rural tourism has no significant effect on efforts to build a comparative advantage of village tourism. Meanwhile, government involvement has a positive and significant effect on efforts to build a competitive advantage in rural tourism. The involvement of the private sector and non-governmental organizations has a positive and significant effect on sustainable rural tourism and the competitive advantage of rural tourism. Meanwhile, the involvement of the private sector and non-governmental organizations has no significant effect on the comparative advantage of rural tourism. The role of the Government involvement, the private sector must be linked with the non-governmental organizations self-help so that it has a positive impact towards the development of sustainable rural tourism.

Research on the Symbiosis and Coevolution of Intangible Cultural Heritage Tourism of Rural Traditional Skills -- Taking Shuigoutou Village as an Example

The intangible heritage of traditional rural skills is originated in the production and living needs of rural people. With the change of rural lifestyle and the transfer of rural population, the symbiotic relationship between traditional skills and surrounding areas is weakened, and the intangible heritage of traditional skills gradually declines or even dies out. The intervention of tourism can bring new development opportunities for rural traditional skills and create new symbiotic system. Study shows that the discontinuous preferential symbiosis model is fragile and may breakdown easily due to environmental changes. Therefore, a continuous and mutually beneficial symbiotic system based on symbiotic evolution theory is a long-term driving force for the activation and sustainable development of rural intangible cultural heritage tourism.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Distribution of rural tourism development in geographical space: a case study of 323 traditional villages in Shaanxi, China

ABSTRACT Spatial distribution of traditional village is the key factor for the sustainable development of rural tourism. Analyzing distribution characteristics and development conditions of traditional villages have profound implications for rural revitalization and all-for-one tourism. Firstly, this research introduced the characteristics and historic value of traditional villages in each region of Shaanxi province. Secondly, this paper analyzed the spatial distribution characteristics of 323 provincial-level traditional villages by using the method of quantitative geography through geographic information systems (GIS). Then, according to spatial type division, this research divided the spatial distribution of rural tourism in Shaanxi province into five areas, including linear tourist area, facial health area, distributed leisure area, low-density scenic area, self-driving tourist area. Finally, this paper summarized the development conditions of rural tourism in Shaanxi’s traditional villages and took case studies. The natural environment, social economy, and historical culture are crucial conditions for the sustainable development of traditional villages, influencing the spatial distribution of these villages. This paper summarized the spatial distribution of rural tourism development and proposed a guide for future space planning and construction for all-for-one tourism in other areas through empirical research on spatial distribution. Meanwhile, this research provides new ideas for rural revitalization.