Co-Creating Sustainable Food & Wine Tourism and Rural Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 2443
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable tourism; regional development; rural tourism; rural entrepreneurship; sustainability
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Interests: destination marketing; consumer behavior in tourism; sustainability; rural tourism; accessible tourism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era of intense competition and need for the diversification of experience-rich rural tourism destinations and products, food & wine tourism may serve as an instrument of sustainable rural development, especially if based on valuable local resources and competences. However, to promote co-creative and sustainable food & wine tourism development, knowledge of terroir resources, co-creation experience potential with local stakeholders and the features and evolution of demand is paramount. The link between the place and its market(s), benefitting everyone involved, is crucial to the development of the rural space, where tourists seek engaging, authentic experiences and local actors make the best use of scarce resources. Recognizing the great potential of co-creative and sustainable food & wine tourism in terms of economic, social, cultural and environmental benefits for both food & wine businesses and rural communities, it is important to study the reality of the sectors, actors, and territories involved. In this vein, in order to suggest practical and/or political sustainable development measures, this Special Issue is dedicated to research in diverse areas of knowledge concerning co-creative and/or sustainable food & wine tourism, only modestly investigated up to now. Research topics related to this key theme include issues such as the analysis and identification of key features of successful food & wine tourism supply (service and terroir aspects), challenges and best practices in co-creative and sustainable practices, perceptions and involvement of rural communities, characteristics and involvement of visitors, heterogeneity of food & wine tourism demand and supply, governance of food & wine tourism (e.g. through routes), regenerative rural food & wine tourism, and diverse, possibly interdisciplinary research approaches enriching our understanding of tourism-related practices and challenges, particularly regarding contributions to sustainable rural development.
Dr. Maria Lúcia Pato
Dr. Elisabeth Kastenholz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food & wine tourism
- co-creation
- sustainability
- tourist experience
- stakeholders
- local resources
- heritage
- governance
- rural regeneration
- rural development
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