This Special Issue contains articles include, but not limited to, empirical, analytical, or design-oriented approaches to the following topics: Monitoring of carrying capacity and mechanisms for managing tourist flows in rural areas; Systems and tools to measure the social, economic, and...

Market orientation (MO) is considered as a competitive strategy for the smaller service enterprises base in rural locations. A model is proposed and validated for the rural tourism sector that envompasses the effects of MO and of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) on...