ABSTRACT AGRI-TOURISM: AS A NEW ELEMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DemirbaS Topcu, Elif MS., City and Regional Planning Department, Urban Design Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baykan G&uuml / nay October 2007, 187 Pages This thesis study is developed under the lights of new developments related to rural tourism sector in the world. With the effects of emerging term &lsquo / sustainability&rsquo / in 1980s, sustainable tourism concept has found new implementation areas. The increasing demand on the tourism activities taking place in rural areas has lead the governments to find ways of benefiting from this tendency in a sustainable way. Since the early 1990s, a new type of rural tourism called as agri-tourism has been developed as a concept that integrates agriculture and tourism activities in the western world. Whether it is evaluated as a tourism or agriculture development element, it is a new element of country planning. Nowadays, it is seen that there is also a new tendency for agri-tourism at local level through local initiatives in Turkey. Although there is still no governmental regulation for agri-tourism activities, political and practical developments demonstrate that the sector should be evaluated as a planning element for Turkey. The main purpose of this study is examining the rural development element characteristic of agri-tourism concept as an element for enhancing the rural tourism activities in Turkey. To achieve the purpose, two examples from EU- Lublin and Tuscany Regions were examined to understand the dynamics of agri-tourism as a planning element. For these study interpretative-comparative-textual method is used. Accordingly, the present condition in Turkey is evaluated through the obtained data and SWOT Analysis method was employed for analyzing the data. Accordingly, some suggestions are presented for developing agri-tourism sector in Turkey.

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Orientador: Carlos Roberto Espíndola / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T17:12:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Panzeri_VivianeMinati_D.pdf: 3260318 bytes, checksum: 560ff662a4b901212a802e38ac0a03e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O turismo vem se tornando um dos mais relevantes vetores do desenvolvimento econômico mundial e, para tanto, é necessário estabelecer políticas públicas que fomentem a sustentabilidade dessa atividade. O Planejamento é o melhor instrumento para assegurar o desenvolvimento de uma atividade turística com foco na sustentabilidade, garantindo a maximização dos benefícios para a comunidade e a minimização dos impactos ao ambiente, ao patrimônio cultural e a todos os demais aspectos socioeconômicos. O presente trabalho trata de uma proposta de implantação de turismo sustentável no município paulista de São Simão, no nordeste do Estado, sob a luz das premissas adotadas pela Organização Mundial de Turismo, agência da Organização das Nações Unidas que também norteará os caminhos para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Para o aporte teórico, foram abordados temas como: aspectos geográficos do turismo - com ênfase na paisagem; desenvolvimento e planejamento integrado e responsável; e turismo sustentável com visão sistêmica. Além disso, foram expostos e discutidos os documentos das Nações Unidas que corroboram a temática abordada. Considera-se que os resultados deste trabalho possam auxiliar a implantação do turismo sustentável na localidade, favorecendo a comunidade receptora e constituindo a recomendação de ações de planejamento das atividades e dos investimentos que certamente terão de ser feitos para a efetivação do turismo local / Abstract: Tourism has become one of the most important drivers of global economic development and, therefore, it is necessary to establish public policies that promote the sustainability of that activity. Planning is the best instrument to ensure the development of tourism with a focus on sustainability, ensuring maximum benefit for the community and minimizing impacts to the environment, cultural heritage and all other socioeconomic factors. The present work deals with a proposal for implementation of sustainable tourism in the municipality of São Simão, in the State northeastern region, under the light of the guidelines adopted by the World Tourism Organization, an agency of the United Nations that also will guide the way to sustainable development. Themes as geographical aspects of tourism - with an emphasis on landscape, integrated and responsible planning and sustainable tourism with a systemic vision were discussed for the theoretical approach. In addition, UN documents that attest to the subject-matter have been exposed and discussed. It is considered that the results of this study may assist the implementation of sustainable tourism in the location, favoring the host community and constituting a recommendation of actions with the purpose of planning activities and investments that certainly will have to be made for the effectiveness of local tourism / Doutorado / Análise Ambiental e Dinâmica Territorial / Doutora em Geografia

The aim of this PhD research project was to critically examine the self-reported socially-responsible activities of European full-service and low-fares airlines. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that has been described using many terms and with varying definitions. Broadly, it is the recognition that businesses should voluntarily mitigate and manage their externalities. CSR has been touted by businesses and governments alike as a preferred alternative to regulation. This research looked at the self-reported CSR approaches of the European airline sector, which has historically been heavily regulated and is currently facing increasing pressures regarding its impacts on CSR- and sustainability-related concerns. Low cost carriers have been under particular scrutiny for their impacts, and therefore, this research compared the CSR approaches of the two dominant airline business models in Europe: low cost and full service models. The sample consisted of 21 full service and 13 low cost carriers with headquarters in Europe. Mixed qualitative methods were applied to 566 secondary documents (websites, press releases, annual reports, and standalone CSR reports) and 15 elite interviews with airline managers. A range of established CSR indicators were assessed, including: definitions, reported practices, motivations and justifications for CSR activities, and CSR management and monitoring. Much of what the airlines reported as their CSR was at odds with academic and governmental definitions; as a whole, they placed considerable emphasis on environmental issues and adhering to regulations. This study also found that the CSR practices were closely correlated with business practices and key sector issues – an understanding of CSR that is most compatible with stakeholder theory-based conceptualisations. Business models on their own were found to be an overly-simplistic explanation for the wide variances of practice that were found in the sample. Instead, four ‘profiles of responsibility’ were identified, which better captured the differences in practices.

5 Abstract A significance of platforms based on sharing economy principle in tourism has been continuously increasing. Currently, the most significant phenomenon is Airbnb, which allows residents to offer their homes for tourists. Even though Airbnb still works on basic peer to peer principle of sharing economy, due to uncontrolled development, it has been leading to a diversion from values of sharing economy. Unlike Airbnb, couchsurfing still retains values of sharing economy and promotes sustainable tourism. However, there is not enough data about couchsurfing. For example, this platform does not have any public database, which would outline how many people were accommodated through Couchsurfing in particular destinations. The lack of data about couchsurfing is apparent in the academic sphere as well. The vast majority of studies is focused on sociological themes like motivations of people to use couchsurfing or mutual trust among its users. In the meantime, the spatial behaviour of these tourists has been therefore underestimated. Creation of a database of these tourists on international and Czech national scale including an exploration of spatial behaviour in Czechia is the main aim of this research. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was adopted for this research. The quantitative...

This master thesis deals with rural tourism in protected landscape areas. Its objective is a detailed analysis of the situation in the Šumava National Park and Blanský les Protected Landscape Area and evaluation of sustainable tourism as an aspect of rural tourism. In the introductory part key terms, such as national park, protected landscape area, countryside and thrifty tourism are explained. Practical part of the thesis uses managed interviews as a tool to evaluate business situation in both protected areas. The respondents were represented by individual businessmen who are doing business in model areas and employees of the administration of Šumava National Park and Blanský les Protected Landscape Area.

This thesis is concerned with the sustainable tourism development in the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko. The aim is to evaluate current state of sustainable tourism in this area and outline the perspectives of its further development. The theoretical part is dedicated to the definition of the concept of sustainable development and its application to the tourism in protected areas. The beggining of the practical part describes the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko. The practical part is also concerned with the organization of tourism and an analysis of offer of environmentally friendly forms of tourism. The thesis is completed with an overall evaluation based on the SWOT analysis, chosen indicators of sustainable tourism development and a questionnaire survey among tourists, residents, entrepreneurs in the tourism industry and municipalities in the region of the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko.

The work concerned with the sustainable development of tourism and its friendly forms. The issue is applied to the example of the protected area Křivoklátsko. The aim of Diploma Thesis is to evaluate the current status and potential of sustainable tourism development, including mapping the availability of sustainable forms of tourism within the protected area Křivoklátsko and outline prospects, potential and opportunities for further development. The theoretical part defines the concept of sustainable development, definition, indicators and principles on which it is based issues in general as well as in relation to tourism. In the practical part the region as a tourism destination: the attractiveness of the area, živostní environment, material and technical base, sound forms of tourism and development potential. Part of the work is the analysis of the potential for sustainable tourism development of the protected landscape area Křivoklátsko made on the basis of survey among entrepreneurs in tourism, tourists, residents and county public administration bodies. The overall assessment of the status and potential of sustainable tourism development in the region is used and SWOT analysis.

The thesis deals with the concept of sustainable tourism development and its application in Portugal. The first chapter explains the sustainability of tourism, introduces the chosen forms of sustainable tourism and the indicators of sustainable development. The second chapter provides the general characteristic of Portugal as a tourist destination and describes the incoming, outgoing and domestic tourism. The third part is focused on sustainable development of tourism and its form in Portugal. The final chapter analyses the chosen indicators of sustainable development of tourism. The goal of the thesis is to depict the current state of sustainable tourism in Portugal.

This Diploma thesis focuses on sustainable forms of tourism. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the support of its development and to assess whether this support is sufficient. The first chapter theoretically defines these forms of tourism and the support of its development mentioned in legislative documents and strategic development plans. The second chapter is devoted to organizational and institutional support. The third chapter concentrates on certifications that lead to increasing market transparency, and ecolabelling, contributing to sustainable development, is also mentioned. The final chapter lists several programmes from which municipalities and entrepreneurs can draw financial means for their development. There are also results of the questionnaire research about supporting the development of sustainable forms of tourism. The respondents were from both the public and private sectors. In the end, there are proposals of appropriate measures to enhance promotion of sustainable tourism.