Tourism in Peripheral Areas National Strategy for Italian Regions
ISBN: 978-1-83797-177-0, eISBN: 978-1-83797-176-3
Publication date: 4 March 2024
Abstract
This chapter discusses the development of tourism in peripheral areas, prompted by the “National Strategy for Inner Areas” developed by the Italian National Government. The strategy, backed by policymakers, business owners, local communities, and environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), aims to stop demographic decline by boosting sustainable tourism practices. A case study of Valle D'aosta examines the problems and their solution in the implementation of the strategy. It discusses how to make strategy implementation less complex and whether sustainable tourism is possible in such areas – whether it is an oxymoron, or whether it is a utopia that is worth pursuing.
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Citation
Borrelli, N., Sganzetta, L. and Rossi, E. (2024), "Tourism in Peripheral Areas National Strategy for Italian Regions", Scott, N., Guerreiro, M. and Pinto, P. (Ed.) Managing Destinations (Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 7-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-144320240000014002
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2024 Nunzia Borrelli, Lorenza Sganzetta and Elisa Rossi. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited