Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development
Sustainability is widely discussed by researchers and also by tourism stakeholders for nearly three decades. This paper reviews the motivations of tour operators and their practices in responsible rural tourism development as well as the challenges and barriers faced. The paper also proposes a conce...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2013
|
Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20research%20framework%20for%20tour%20operators%27%20motivation%20and%20practices%20in%20responsible%20rural%20tourism%20development.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/ |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my.upm.eprints.48395 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.upm.eprints.483952016-09-14T05:42:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/ Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development Tay, Kai Xin Kim, Jennifer Lian Chan Nair, Vikneswaran Ramachandran, Sridar Sustainability is widely discussed by researchers and also by tourism stakeholders for nearly three decades. This paper reviews the motivations of tour operators and their practices in responsible rural tourism development as well as the challenges and barriers faced. The paper also proposes a conceptual framework based on push and pull forces factors and organizational benefits as motivators to trigger the practice of responsible tourism development amongst tour operators in rural tourism destinations, while minimizing negative environmental, social and economic impacts. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20research%20framework%20for%20tour%20operators%27%20motivation%20and%20practices%20in%20responsible%20rural%20tourism%20development.pdf Tay, Kai Xin and Kim, Jennifer Lian Chan and Nair, Vikneswaran and Ramachandran, Sridar (2013) Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development. In: 12th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students' Research in Tourism, 26-29 June 2013, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Selangor. . |
institution |
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
building |
UPM Library |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
content_source |
UPM Institutional Repository |
url_provider |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/ |
language |
English |
description |
Sustainability is widely discussed by researchers and also by tourism stakeholders for nearly three decades. This paper reviews the motivations of tour operators and their practices in responsible rural tourism development as well as the challenges and barriers faced. The paper also proposes a conceptual framework based on push and pull forces factors and organizational benefits as motivators to trigger the practice of responsible tourism development amongst tour operators in rural tourism destinations, while minimizing negative environmental, social and economic impacts. |
format |
Conference or Workshop Item |
author |
Tay, Kai Xin Kim, Jennifer Lian Chan Nair, Vikneswaran Ramachandran, Sridar |
spellingShingle |
Tay, Kai Xin Kim, Jennifer Lian Chan Nair, Vikneswaran Ramachandran, Sridar Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
author_facet |
Tay, Kai Xin Kim, Jennifer Lian Chan Nair, Vikneswaran Ramachandran, Sridar |
author_sort |
Tay, Kai Xin |
title |
Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
title_short |
Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
title_full |
Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
title_fullStr |
Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
title_full_unstemmed |
Conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
title_sort |
conceptualizing a research framework for tour operators' motivation and practices in responsible rural tourism development |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20research%20framework%20for%20tour%20operators%27%20motivation%20and%20practices%20in%20responsible%20rural%20tourism%20development.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48395/ |
_version_ |
1643834161956388864 |
score |
13.18916 |