This paper investigates the role that farmers' markets play in enhancing the social fabric of once thriving rural communities. The paper reports the findings from a comparative study of visitor motivations to two community farmers' markets in south west Alabama, one located in a rural...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent and significance of involvement of craft brewery operators in their community through the lens of the stakeholder theory (ST). In addition, differences between forms of involvement and demographic characteristics of operators and...

Purpose – Many studies underline the critical relationship between local communities and rural-based industries. However, the dynamics of the relationship between wineries and local communities is rarely considered in research despite the importance of these links for rural communities. This...

City tourism has grown rapidly and spread well beyond tourist-historic cities and resorts. With a focus on city tourism themes, this book draws on original research to investigate tourism in national capitals, considering image and branding, the visitor experience, visitor markets and tourism...