Sustainable Tourism and Rural Community Development in Arkansas
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Tourism exists in many forms and appeals to different types of travelers. The typology below (Smith 1989) is helpful in understanding the potential appeal of natural and cultural regions in sustainable tourism studies.

 

Cultural Tourism:
  • Marketed by the images and scenes of the "picturesque"
  • Destinations include meals in rustic inns, Wild West rodeos
  • Visitors are moderate in number, due to higher accessibility
  • Host-guest stress is moderate
 
Department of Anthropology, Old Main 330, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR  72701
(479) 442-5509 jmnolan@uark.edu

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