Perceptions of Agritourism and Cooperation: Comparisons between an Island and a Mountain Region in Greece
| Autor: | George Papapanos, Sofia Karampela, Thanasis Kizos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Best practice Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 cooperation text mining Management Monitoring Policy and Law Destinations TD194-195 Lexical database Renewable energy sources Promotion (rank) 0502 economics and business Regional science GE1-350 media_common Environmental effects of industries and plants Greece Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Sentiment analysis agritourism Building and Construction Environmental sciences Geography sentiment analysis Sustainability 050211 marketing 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 3 Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 680 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11030680 |
| Popis: | The lack of understanding and definitional inconsistencies regarding agritourism and the importance of cooperation in sustaining this kind of tourism are underlined in the literature. This study analyzes the perceptions of agritourism and cooperation from actors in the sector using a plurality of methods, including unsupervised (a) text mining and (b) sentiment analysis with the use of a lexical database, as well as (c) supervised qualitative data analysis. Based on the assumption that destinations with different geographic characteristics have different features and products, two different destinations as for its accessibility and tourism recognition were selected for comparison: (a) an island&mdash Lesvos in the North Aegean Sea, and (b) a continental mountain region&mdash Plastiras Lake, in Greece. The data were collected from personal in-depth interviews and with the use of semi-structured questionnaires. From a methodological perspective, all three methods provided unique insights on the study&rsquo s themes, and the overall image of agritourism and cooperation was positive. A common understanding seems important for cooperation and networking however, training is needed not only for effective promotion of agritourism, but also for cooperation techniques, benefits, trust-building mechanisms and best practices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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