Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management

Rural tourism has become an important developmental agenda and is consider a strong growing sector in the global tourism market. The protection and improvement of natural, built-environment, infrastructure and the economic growth, are the most significant contributions of this sector. The purpose an...

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Main Authors: Che Aziz, Roslizawati, Abdul, Mohani, Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis, Abd Rahman, Azmawani
Other Authors: Kozak, Nazmi
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47166/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47166/1/Appreciative%20inquiry.pdf
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author Che Aziz, Roslizawati
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description Rural tourism has become an important developmental agenda and is consider a strong growing sector in the global tourism market. The protection and improvement of natural, built-environment, infrastructure and the economic growth, are the most significant contributions of this sector. The purpose and significance of developing rural tourism has become a major force in the rural economic development. Moreover, it has not only contributed towards poverty alleviation among the rural communities but has also generated a large-scale employment opportunities for the rural dwellers. Thus, with this in mind, the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach has been identified as an alternative tourism research tool for evaluating the contributions of rural tourism. The AI is one of the recent approaches used in tourism research.
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spelling upm-471662021-08-04T02:31:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47166/ Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management Che Aziz, Roslizawati Abdul, Mohani Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis Abd Rahman, Azmawani Rural tourism has become an important developmental agenda and is consider a strong growing sector in the global tourism market. The protection and improvement of natural, built-environment, infrastructure and the economic growth, are the most significant contributions of this sector. The purpose and significance of developing rural tourism has become a major force in the rural economic development. Moreover, it has not only contributed towards poverty alleviation among the rural communities but has also generated a large-scale employment opportunities for the rural dwellers. Thus, with this in mind, the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach has been identified as an alternative tourism research tool for evaluating the contributions of rural tourism. The AI is one of the recent approaches used in tourism research. Cambridge Scholars Publishing Kozak, Nazmi Kozak, Metin 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47166/1/Appreciative%20inquiry.pdf Che Aziz, Roslizawati and Abdul, Mohani and Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis and Abd Rahman, Azmawani (2015) Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management. In: Tourism Development. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 119-131. ISBN 1443877549; EISBN: 9781443877541 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299565487_APPRECIATIVE_INQUIRY_A_PROMISING_RESEARCH_TOOL_FOR_RURAL_TOURISM_MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle Che Aziz, Roslizawati
Abdul, Mohani
Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis
Abd Rahman, Azmawani
Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title_full Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title_fullStr Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title_full_unstemmed Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title_short Appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
title_sort appreciative inquiry: a promising research tool for rural tourism management
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