• Abstract

    Memorable Tourism Experiences in Rural Environments: Action Research with Entrepreneurs from Rota do Queijo – Terroir Vertentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Published date: 24/05/2023

    Memorable tourism experiences have become progressively relevant to the context of rural tourism. To meet the expectations of tourists, producers and local managers must know the characteristics of memorable experiences to structure tourist products that tourists remember positively, influencing their attitudes and behaviors during and after their trip. This paper aims to investigate the process of developing techniques and knowledge to create memorable tourism experiences with family farmers. A qualitative study was carried out using the action research method, with 17 cheese marketers from 9 municipalities in the Campo das Vertentes region in Minas Gerais. The methodological strategies used were remote workshops, questionnaires to create experiences via Google Forms, field visits and notes in the researchers’ electronic diary. The remote workshops were divided into five stages and resulted in 12 experiences. We found that with the intervention of the workshops, family farmers were able to develop a plan with the researchers to offer memorable tourist experiences, considering aspects of identification, characterization, and commercialization of products. The main result of this research was the construction of knowledge with family farmers to promote autonomy to offer tourist experiences with innovation, technical quality, and hospitality. The 12 experiences created demonstrate that rural producers could associate the knowledge systematized in the workshops with their local realities and natural and cultural resources.

Turismo: Visão e Ação

Turismo: Visão e Ação, linked to the Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality - Master's and Ph.D., is a scientific journal published in a continuous flow system, with an interdisciplinary and international scope. According to Qualis/CAPES criteria (2017-2020), it is classified as 'A3' in the fields of Administration, Accounting Sciences, and Tourism. Registered with ISSN number 1983-7151, Tourismo: Visão e Ação began its activities in 1998 with printed publications in English and Portuguese. In 2008, it transitioned to an online publication, expanding its reach to a broader audience. It maintains a policy of being an open-access journal without submission or access fees. The abbreviated title for the journal is Tur., Visão e Ação, commonly used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions.

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