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Environmental Sustainability and Tourism—The Importance of Organic Wine Production for Wine Tourism in Germany

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Sustainable aspects of wine tourism have become very important in recent years. The environmental sustainability of wineries, in the form of organic certification, is not a direct component of wine tourism but can nevertheless play a significant role in visiting a winery. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 32 wineries from 10 different German wine growing regions were conducted to analyze the tourism appeal, the importance of organic certification, and the future development of organic wine tourism from the producers’ points of view. The results show that there is certain evidence for using organic certification as a unique selling point, but it appears that wineries are not fully exploiting these possibilities. This study could help organic wineries to get a transparent picture of the current situation in terms of relevance and to break down communication barriers in order to establish contact with potential visitors to the winery.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su141911831

Authors: Gergely Szolnoki, Maximilian Tafel

Institution: Hochschule Geisenheim University

Language: English

Topic: Wine Industry and Tourism

Subfield: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,094