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Promoting tourism through the EU LEADER programme: understanding Local Action Group governance

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  • Juan Gabriel Tirado Ballesteros
  • María Hernández Hernández

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For many European rural areas, the rural development programmes based on the LEADER approach constitute the main policy for promoting tourism. Going a step further than a rural development programme, LEADER represents an ideal method for overcoming some of the challenges involved in rural tourism development, such as the integration of tourism supply through public-private organizations or the coordination of multi-level policies. Despite its potential, there are difficulties involved in putting this approach into practice. This article aims to provide in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by some managers responsible for developing tourism strategies through the LEADER approach. To do this, semi-structured in-depth interviews have been held with Local Action Groups managers from Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The main findings reveal that the actions of regional governments lead to the limitation and strangulation of the principle of subsidiarity according with the LAG managerś opinion.

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  • Juan Gabriel Tirado Ballesteros & María Hernández Hernández, 2019. "Promoting tourism through the EU LEADER programme: understanding Local Action Group governance," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 396-414, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:27:y:2019:i:2:p:396-414
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1547368
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    1. Eugenio Cejudo-García & Francisco Navarro-Valverde & José Antonio Cañete-Pérez, 2022. "Who Decides and Who Invests? The Role of the Public, Private and Third Sectors in Rural Development according to Geographical Contexts: The LEADER Approach in Andalusia, 2007–2015," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-20, March.
    2. Ana M. Morales-Hernández & Carlos Fernández-Hernández & Flora M. Díaz-Pérez & Carlos G. García-González, 2022. "Rural tourism networking and covid-19 crisis: a gender perspective," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 16(4), pages 1111-1137, December.
    3. Jana Kostalova & Jan Vavra, 2021. "Benefits of the LEADER method for Local Agenda 21 - Case study from their application in the Czech Republic," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 67(6), pages 246-254.

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