Maritime; Intangible; Heritage; Adriatic; Croatia; Tourism; Gajeta; Falkuša; Community-based management; Adaptive co-management; Experience economy; Integrated rural tourism (IRT) Abstract In the Adriatic, the importance in tourism of the small rowing and sailing boats, like the gajeta and other heritage vessels, is clearly relevant, as icons of heritage boats adorn brochures, logos, and their ...

Tourism based on interactions with wildlife is increasing in popularity across the world. A conceptual framework is presented which begins to classify the major components of wildlife tourism/recreation and indicates the roles of and the relationship between these components. It is suggested that the values of conservation, animal welfare, visitor satisfaction, and pro"tability are often in con...

This study aimed to analyze the current human resource (HR) condition in more established tourist villages Bali, Indonesia, as well developing a development model that could assist HR for tourism. The research is qualitative using 2 sample groups Community-based Tourism (CBT) management 5 developed CBT and Academics who conducted community services villages. results show resources available are...

The work described in this paper is of direct relevance to those with an interest in the phenomena surrounding ICT adoption by the rural accommodation sector. The paper provides results from a preliminary study, which examined differences in the level of inter-firm technology adoption between rural and urban accommodation establishments within a major tourism destination, Scotland. Previous stu...

Patients presenting with hypothermia in a rural emergency department can be quite challenging to manage without significant mortality and morbidity. Standard medical school curricula do not fully prepare trainees for the unique aspects of practice in northern rural and remote communities. Training opportunities on site may provide a solution to this lack of experience. However, these communitie...

introduction access to tourism destinations and ranking of them are the main aspects of tourism development planning. although the analysis network process (anp) is based on analysis hierarchy process (ahp) but network structure or feedback is dominated in decision making of the options. this article tries to respond to following questions in order to prove the main goal of the research as sele...

The author describes her fieldwork studying a population of Mackinders eagle owls that live adjacent to small-scale farms in rural Kenya. Her study investigated the effects of farming practices on the diet and breeding ecology of the owls. She documented local people's attitudes toward owls since owls are taboo throughout Africa. She describes a typical day in the field, the community aspect of...

Many rural communities are examining nature tourism options, such as birdwatching (birding), as an economic development strategy. Unfortunately, public media stories, tourism professionals, and biologists often describe birders as a homogeneous group of serious, dedicated, and even fanatical visitors willing to spend large sums of money in their pursuit. Consistent with past research, we conten...

Tourism is often claimed to be a major employment-creator and a viable path to development in rural areas. With the exception of the most sparsely populated areas, this is supported by Danish data for the overall growth in the number of enterprises and jobs, covering the period 1981-1994. The paper demonstrates and discusses the dynamics of regional tourism development in terms of the establish...