Rural tourism networking and covid-19 crisis: a gender perspective

  1. Morales-Hernández, Ana M.
  2. Fernández-Hernández, Carlos
  3. Díaz-Pérez, Flora M.
  4. García-González, Carlos G.
Revista:
Service Business

ISSN: 1862-8516 1862-8508

Año de publicación: 2022

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1007/S11628-022-00503-X GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

This paper studies networking in rural tourism from a gender perspective comparing pre and post Covid period. The empirical study consisted of a questionnaire answered by 154 tourism promoters. Results showed a higher percentage of promoters belonging to an association during the Covid-19. There was a link between receiving training and belonging to an association and a significant relationship between participation in associations and receiving public funds, this relationship being found more among male promoters. On the other hand, a higher score was given by women for the advantages of networking, and mainly for the following: ‘Simplifies the management of booking’.

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