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Rural Tourism And Local Development: The Case Of The Northern Mt Pelion, Greece, Polymeros Chrysochou, Isabella Gidarakou, Panagiota Kokkali, Alexandros Koutsouris
Rural Tourism And Local Development: The Case Of The Northern Mt Pelion, Greece, Polymeros Chrysochou, Isabella Gidarakou, Panagiota Kokkali, Alexandros Koutsouris
Polymeros Chrysochou
The paper intends to critically examine rural tourism development in Mt Pelion, one of the famous Greek destinations. The paper utilises two surveys conducted in Northern Pelion addressing: a) lodging owners, and b) tourists. Through the analysis and critical review of the data of the surveys a number of issues emerge as far as the profiles of lodging owners and tourists, the tourism ‘pull factors’ of the area and the role of rural tourism in local development are concerned. Thereafter, a number of policy implications concerning rural tourism in the area are drawn.