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TOURISM AND QUALITY AGRO‐FOOD PRODUCTS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SPANISH COUNTRYSIDE
Author(s) -
ARMESTO LÓPEZ XOSÉ A.,
MARTÍN BELÉN GÓMEZ
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00510.x
Subject(s) - merge (version control) , tourism , agriculture , context (archaeology) , business , rural area , quality (philosophy) , rural tourism , catalan , marketing , geography , tourism geography , political science , computer science , humanities , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , law , information retrieval
This paper describes the relationships between tourism and the agricultural production of traditional products, the latter having achieved new levels of appreciation in recent years as a result of quality designations. In this context, agro‐food products can be considered as gastronomic tourism resources that enable tourism both to be developed and itself become a tool for promoting and commercialising quality agro‐food products. These two circumstances merge around a single aim: the local development of areas traditionally regarded as marginal within the regional context. These facts are showed in the Catalan region of Priorat (Spain) where wines support the local development.