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Strategically developed tourism undoubtedly not only stimulates the economic prosperity of only regions or areas, but also adds to the prosperity of a local populace and the attractiveness of a region or area in its entirety. Sustainable tourism development, in particular in a rural region, can be a viable vehicle for regional
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... tourism encompasses a range of different activities including inter alia farm/agritourism, ecotourism, cultural tourism, heritage tourism, wine tourism, adventure tourism (Sharpley & Craven, 2001;Woods, 2007;Lane, 2009;Haven-Tang & Jones, 2012, Viljoen & Henama, 2017, as illustrated in Figure 2 and some selected components of rural tourism are briefly discussed. There are numerous other components of tourism that are directly linked to rural tourism, but only the six illustrated in Figure 2 are included for the purpose of this study. ...
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... tourism encompasses a range of different activities including inter alia farm/agritourism, ecotourism, cultural tourism, heritage tourism, wine tourism, adventure tourism (Sharpley & Craven, 2001;Woods, 2007;Lane, 2009;Haven-Tang & Jones, 2012, Viljoen & Henama, 2017, as illustrated in Figure 2 and some selected components of rural tourism are briefly discussed. There are numerous other components of tourism that are directly linked to rural tourism, but only the six illustrated in Figure 2 are included for the purpose of this study. ...
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... Furthermore, stakeholder management positively influences the success of a project (Francisco de Oliveira & Rabechini, 2019). Researchers such as Manowong and Ogunlanas (2010), Lyon et al. (2017) and Litheko and Potgieter (2019) highlighted that when stakeholder management is not done properly, perceptions of it deteriorate, chances of attaining goals decrease, and additional opportunities for interacting with stakeholders for the benefit of the project are significantly diminished. Thus, ecotourism sustainability can be easily hampered due to poor stakeholder management. ...
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