Marginal rural areas are undergoing major pressures from the effects of globalization, especially when no alternative has been found to conventional extensive agriculture and a lack of investments and vision squeezes the income of farmers. The objective of the paper is to show how Integrated...

It has been established that strong brands are important in the agrotourism industry. Agrotourism brands provide the link between visitors and the agrotourism firms and tourists may or may not develop a degree of loyalty to relevant brands. The present study suggests that confidence in an...

The rural economy is more developed and more dynamic if it has a more diverse structure, and if the share of non-agricultural economy is higher. In this context, the agrotourism is a field that is growing in popularity as producers try to diversify their activities and increase profits that can...

It has been established that strong destination brands are important in the agrotourism industry. Agrotourism brands provide the link between visitors and the agrotourism firms and destination, and tourists may or may not develop a degree of loyalty to relevant brands. The present study suggests...

Part 1: Introduction -- 1 Perspectives, structure, and conceptual framework -- 2 Features and Challenges of Rural tourism in Japan -- Part 2: Roles of Community-based Rural Tourism -- 3 Roles of Farm Pluriactivity on Multifunctional Agriculture in a Mountainous Rural Community -- 4 Roles of Farm...

"Destination branding and marketing form the backbone of tourism industry growth, but it is increasingly important that the strategies employed consider and promote sustainable solutions. This book provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for branding and marketing for sustainable...

In this article we wanted to identify, analyze and present the evolution in the last years of the tourism and agrotourism on an European and national level. In order to do that, the following indicators have been analyzed: the evolution and structure of international arrivals of tourists around...

Being part of the South-East Region of the country, Tulcea County as well as Vrancea County are important tourism areas, with high tourist potential, harmoniously distributed throughout the counties territories. Tulcea County is a gate towards the Danube Delta Biosphere Reservation, ranked on...

The Vrancea County region is one of the important areas of the South-East Development Region through tourism potential, through the natural cadre it possesses, the historical monuments and architecture, folk art, because here live householder people who keep the ancestral traditions, adding the...

In this article we wanted to identify, analyze and present the evolution in the last years of the tourism and agrotourism on an European and national level. In order to do that, the following indicators have been analyzed: the evolution and structure of international arrivals of tourists around...

Being part of the South-East Region of the country, Tulcea County as well as Vrancea County are important tourism areas, with high tourist potential, harmoniously distributed throughout the counties territories. Tulcea County is a gate towards the Danube Delta Biosphere Reservation, ranked on...

The sustainable rural development of the Dobrudgean rural area requires reaching a balance between the need to preserve the rural economic, ecological and cultural space and the tendency to modernize the rural economic activity and life. The pleading for the promotion of tourism activities in...

The Vrancea County region is one of the important areas of the South-East Development Region through tourism potential, through the natural cadre it possesses, the historical monuments and architecture, folk art, because here live householder people who keep the ancestral traditions, adding the...

Introduction and key concepts / Sophia Davidova, Ashok Mishra and Ken Thomson (Editors) -- EU policies and rural employment / Berkeley Hill -- U.S. policies and rural employment / David Blandford -- Trends in rural employment -- Rural employment trends in the EU / David Harvey -- Special study :...