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Agritourism and Sustainability: What We Can Learn from a Systematic Literature Review

Year: 2020

Type: review

Abstract: Scholars from different perspectives agree that agritourism can be the right tool to balance the needs of tourists with those of rural communities, offering real opportunities for economic and social development, while mitigating undesirable impacts on the environment. This paper aims to provide a holistic outlook of the different perspectives under which scientific literature deals with the topic of agritourism as a means to support the sustainable development of rural areas. To reach this aim, we performed a systematic review of the scientific literature in order to point out the linkages between agritourism and sustainability. We analyzed papers through a text mining solution based on the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) technique to point out the main topics around which the scientific literature on agritourism and sustainability has grown. Topics are further categorized in themes by means of an agglomerative hierarchical clustering procedure. Results are further analyzed to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the current streams of the literature.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su12229575

Authors: Salvatore Ammirato, Alberto Michele Felicetti, Cinzia Raso, Bruno Antonio Pansera, Antonio Violi

Institutions: University of Calabria, University of Reggio Calabria, University of Sannio

Language: English

Topic: Rural development and sustainability

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,901