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Factors in the development of smart villages regarding tourism in the Baltic states

Journal
Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes
ISSN
1755-4217
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Iveta Dembovska
Rezekne Academy of Technologies 
Kļavinska, Antra 
Rezekne Academy of Technologies 
Zanda Dimanta-Svilpe
Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre, Ozolnieki, Latvia
Asta Raupeliene
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
DOI
10.1108/whatt-06-2023-0086
Abstract
This study aims to examine the nature of smart villages and the factors in their development in relation to the tourism industry in the Baltic states. This research employed theoretical literature analysis to conceptualize the factors contributing to smart village development, discourse analysis (analysis of good smart village branding practice), a qualitative approach and descriptive analysis to analyse semi-structured expert survey e-questionnaires to identify the nature of smart villages, as well as to analyse factors in the development of smart villages in relation to tourism in the Baltic states. Specialists who represent tourism, other businesses and the discipline of economics were chosen as experts. The experts indicated that the development of smart villages can contribute to essential and important factors in the development of tourism such as the growth of a creative economy, the development of community culture, values, traditions and symbols, the production of local food, the establishment of unique natural, cultural and recreational objects, as well as improvement in infrastructure and the introduction of new technologies. The study contributes to an understanding of the development of smart villages, given the important factors that were examined. The smart village approach is a relatively new approach to sustainable rural development and tourism promotion. In Europe, it is a better-known approach to developing local areas and tourism, yet each region has its own distinctive features.
Subjects
  • smart villages

  • community

  • factors

  • tourism

  • rural development

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Acquisition Date
Jan 12, 2024
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