La promoción y gestión del turismo rural en la provincia de Córdoba a comienzos de siglo XXI

Abstract

This paper analyzes the results of the study entitled Current Situation and Strategic Lines for the Development of Rural Tourism in the Province of Córdoba (IESA, EC-0408), carried out by the Institute of Advanced Social Studies (IESA-CSIC) for the Provincial Council of Córdoba in 2004. This study tried to analyze the opportunities of the sector as an engine of rural local development in this province, a work that required previously knowing the factors that have served for its promotion in recent years. In addition, the study helped to analyze a wide range of issues related to the structure of rural tourism (organization and management of rural tourism, state of infrastructures and resources, detection of concerns among professionals in the sector, situation of rural tourism companies, rural tourism services, such as hotels, restaurants, active tourism companies, etc.) and, especially, to delve into the main problems that concern their implementation, specifically, those related to the way in which the relationships between the various actors involved in its promotion, commercialization and/or regulation. Finally, the study served to collect different proposals susceptible of interest to solve the perceived weaknesses in the promotion of rural tourism in the province of Córdoba.