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Rural tourism and the development of less favoured areas—between rhetoric and practice
Author(s) -
Ribeiro Manuela,
Marques Carlos
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.377
Subject(s) - rhetoric , tourism , economic geography , rural tourism , tourism geography , empirical research , rural area , economic growth , regional science , economy , political science , economics , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , law
Tourism has, in recent times, been advocated as a particularly efficient way to promote the development of the so‐called less favoured regions, mostly inland and mountain, owing to its potential for employment and income creation and the synergies it is able to generate in other sectors of activity. Based on the results of empirical research carried out in two distinct inland zones of Portugal, this article tries to demonstrate that a wide gap and considerable contradictions are emerging between the rhetoric and the real benefits that tourism has been producing in the local societies and economies of these regions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.