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We forgot to pay attention to ordinary tourism! A call to revise the research agenda for rural tourism
Schmitz, Serge; Crozat, Dominique
2015In Firmino, Ana (Ed.) Book of Abstracts and Programme: 23rd Annual Colloquium on Sustainable Rural Systems: Smart Answers for a smiling future
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Keywords :
Ordinary tourism; Rural tourism; Research Agenda; Prospective; Tourisme ordinaire; Tourisme rural; Agenda de recherche
Abstract :
[en] This paper aims to suggest a new research agenda for rural tourism, including for a smiling future for the countryside, in reversing the current trend to distinguish the destination, to aim at supersegmentation of tourism and to target a cultural, elitist, tourism. Indeed most tourist activities can be done and are done in a relative vicinity, by ordinary tourists aiming to have a good time. Moreover, the countryside does not always offer extraordinary sights that attract people from the whole continent. We argue that there should be a place and more attention for ordinary tourism development. By ordinary tourism, we do not mean mass tourism but just the fact that some people spent a few days away from home. We do not want to reject the appealing concepts of cultural tourism, ecotourism, adventure tourism, ethnic tourism, gastronomic tourism, farm tourism and so on. We just want to be realistic and call to rethink the importance of ordinary tourism and its current challenges: facing new ways of traveling (e.g. Low cost), of buying vacation (e-commerce), of enjoying holidays (more frequently/with friends, alone or with the family/ being active or passive).
Research center :
Laplec
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Schmitz, Serge  ;  Université de Liège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (LAPLEC)
Crozat, Dominique;  Université Paul Valéry Montpellier > UMR 5281 ART-Dev
Language :
English
Title :
We forgot to pay attention to ordinary tourism! A call to revise the research agenda for rural tourism
Publication date :
July 2015
Event name :
23rd Annual Colloquium on Sustainable Rural Systems: Smart Answers for a smiling future
Event organizer :
Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems, International Geographical Union
Event place :
Lisbon-Porto, Portugal
Event date :
27th July-2nd August 2015
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Book of Abstracts and Programme: 23rd Annual Colloquium on Sustainable Rural Systems: Smart Answers for a smiling future
Publishing director :
Firmino, Ana
Publisher :
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Pages :
23
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
Université Paul Valéry Montpellier
ULiège - Université de Liège [BE]
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