In recent decades, tourism has evolved into one of the largest, fastest-growing, and most dynamic industrial sectors, encompassing various complementary businesses across diverse fields. The pivotal role of local knowledge in shaping tourism services and products in rural areas cannot be...

Central to this discourse are response to two-fold questions, namely; How do SMEs take part in capacity-building in local society? How should rural tourism SMEs be fostered to raise their capacity? The new paradigm of Rural Regional Development, mainly based on Rural Tourism activities which...