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An exploratory study of sustainable rural tourism in Sicily

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  • Antonio Asciuto
  • Caterina Patrizia Di Franco
  • Emanuele Schimmenti

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Recently, a significant interest was noticed around rural tourism, and particularly agritourism, which represents the main specific application. Rural tourism is a sustainable tourism, since the valorisation and conservation of environmental and territorial resources where economic activity is carried out are its main features. From the official statistical data, it appears clear that this activity, widely spread in Italy, may provide a significant financial support both to agricultural firms and to the whole sector of tourism, and thus allows redistributing touristic flows from coastal towards inland areas. The main aims of the paper are both to analyse the agritourist supply in Sicily compared to land resources, and to identify the environmental and social factors which are likely to affect entrepreneurial success. Information gathered from regional statistical reports was supplemented by primary data, collected through interviews to a representative sample of agritourist entrepreneurs working in different rural areas of Sicily.

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  • Antonio Asciuto & Caterina Patrizia Di Franco & Emanuele Schimmenti, 2013. "An exploratory study of sustainable rural tourism in Sicily," International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(2), pages 149-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:11:y:2013:i:2:p:149-158
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    1. Marangon, Francesco & Troiano, Stefania & Tempesta, Tiziano & Vecchiato, Daniel, 2013. "Consumer Behaviour in Rural Tourism. Conjoint analysis of Choice Attributes in the Italian-Slovenian cross-boundary area," Politica Agricola Internazionale - International Agricultural Policy, Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario, vol. 2013(3), September.
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    4. Sofia Karampela & Alexis Andreopoulos & Alex Koutsouris, 2021. "“Agro”, “Agri”, or “Rural”: The Different Viewpoints of Tourism Research Combined with Sustainability and Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-15, August.
    5. Maurizio Lanfranchi & Carlo Giannetto & Angelina De Pascale, 2014. "Rural tourism: A kind of sustainable tourism in the face of global economic crisis," International Journal for Responsible Tourism, Fundatia Amfiteatru, vol. 3(2), pages 15-28, November.
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