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Olive oil tourism: Promoting rural development in Andalusia (Spain)

Authors

MILLÁN VÁZQUEZ DE LA TORRE, GENOVEVA, ARJONA FUENTES, JUAN MANUEL, AMADOR HIDALGO, LUIS

External publication

No

Means

Tour. Manage. Perspect.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

JCR Impact

1.779

SJR Impact

0.842

Publication date

01/01/2017

ISI

000396395600011

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85007426176

Abstract

Foods with certificates of quality are gaining more and more relevance in people's diets. Every day there is more of a demand to visit production facilities, to learn how food products are elaborated and to sample them. These products include olive oil, a typical product from Andalusia (southern Spain). This study aims to analyze what olive oil tourism has to offer in this region. A survey was conducted on companies on the olive-oil gastronomic route and their designations of origin in order to determine their degree of involvement in the development of the tourism product of "olive oil tourism". The main contribution of this study is that is the first to analyze several olive-oil Designations of Origin from all of Andalusia, looking for the synergies with other gastronomic routes in the region, which could increase visitors' demands and also the level of development and wealth in the area. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Oil tourism; Rural development; Protected denomination of origin; Gastronomy; Spain; Tourist perceptions