Emerald has just published the book ‘Field Guide to Case Study Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure’, vol. 6 of the Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research.

Elisabete Figueiredo, Elisabeth Kastenholz and Celeste Eusébio, researchers of the Rural Matters project, co-wrote the following two chapters:

1) Elisabete Figueiredo, Antonio Raschi (2012), Immersed in Green? Reconfiguring the Italian Countryside Through Rural Tourism Promotional Materials, in Kenneth F. Hyde, Chris Ryan, Arch G. Woodside (ed.) Field Guide to Case Study Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure (Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Volume 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.17-44 – abstract

2) Elisabeth Kastenholz, Celeste Eusébio, Elisabete Figueiredo, Joana Lima (2012), Accessibility as Competitive Advantage of a Tourism Destination: The Case of Lousã, in Kenneth F. Hyde, Chris Ryan, Arch G. Woodside (ed.) Field Guide to Case Study Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure (Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Volume 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.369-385 – abstract

Next Wednesday, 27 June 2012, the UA researcher and participant in the Rural Matters project Elisabeth Kastenholz will present, at the VIII CITURDES – International Congress on Rural Tourism and Sustainable Development, in the University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro, a talk on ‘The overall rural tourism experience – conceptualization from the tourist perspective and reflection on the nature of the tourism experience based on empirical data from 3 Portuguese villages’.

More info about the event here.

Rural Matters will be presented at the IX Iberian Rural Studies conference, which will take place next 27 and 28th July at the IGOT, Lisbon, Portugal. For more information about the conference, please refer to its official website (Portuguese and Spanish languages only).