The Importance of Tourism in Rural Development in Spain and Germany
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Editorial
Springer
Materia
Rural development Rural tourism LEADER Europe Andalusia North Rhine-Westphalia
Date
2020Referencia bibliográfica
Maroto-Martos, J.C., Voth, A., Pinos-Navarrete, A. (2020). The importance of tourism in rural development in Spain and Germany. In: Cejudo, E., Navarro, F. (eds) Neoendogenous Development in European Rural Areas. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33463-5_9
Abstract
The objective of this chapter is to analyse the importance of tourism in
rural development in Spain and Germany, focusing in particular on the regions of
Andalusia and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the impact of the LEADER programme
over almost three decades since its first implementation. We present some of the
main conceptual and methodological obstacles that have complicated an in-depth
assessment of this complex programme, which has been implemented to varying
degrees across a very diverse rural Europe. Although for many years rural tourism
has been one of the most strongly supported activities by LEADER and its LAGs,
it could be argued that it has not lived up to its initial expectations for promoting
rural development across large areas of Europe. Today, the main efforts in support
of rural tourism are centred on improving the quality of the accommodation on offer
and on using ICT to drive the recovery, conservation, management and promotion
of the vast natural and cultural heritage in the rural areas with greatest difficulties.
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