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Elisabeth Kastenholz

Elisabeth Kastenholz

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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41
Citations
7507
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5028
National Ranking
9

Overview

Elisabeth Kastenholz is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on social sciences, business management, and agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields they contribute to include sociology and political science, tourism, leisure and hospitality management, food science, plant science, and social psychology.

The main topics covered in their work emphasize various aspects of tourism research, including:

  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Wine Industry and Tourism
  • Culinary Culture and Tourism
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Cruise Tourism Development and Management

They have published extensively in recurrent venues such as:

  • Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro (Universidade de Aveiro)
  • Sustainability
  • International Journal of Wine Business Research
  • Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft
  • PROA-UA

Their recent papers include:

  • "Place attachment through sensory-rich, emotion-generating place experiences in rural tourism," 2020, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
  • "Entrepreneurs in rural tourism: Do lifestyle motivations contribute to management practices that enhance sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems?" 2020, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • "Co-creative tourism experiences - a conceptual framework and its application to food & wine tourism," 2021, Tourism Recreation Research
  • "Rural Tourism and Sustainability: A Special Issue, Review and Update for the Opening Years of the Twenty-First Century," 2022, Sustainability
  • "Enhancing Competences For Co-Creating Appealing and Meaningful Cultural Heritage Experiences in Tourism," 2020, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

They have also contributed to book publications, including the title "Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems," published by Springer Nature in 2022.

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as:

  • Maria João Carneiro
  • Diana Cunha
  • Celeste Eusébio
  • Mariana Carvalho
  • Conceição Cunha

Best Publications

  • Rural tourism: the evolution of practice and research approaches – towards a new generation concept?

    Bernard Lane;Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Corporate reputation, satisfaction, delight, and loyalty towards rural lodging units in Portugal

    Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro;Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Segmenting Tourism in Rural Areas: The Case of North and Central Portugal

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Duane Davis;Gordon Paul

  • Food tourism, niche markets and products in rural tourism: combining the intimacy model and the experience economy as a rural development strategy

    Katia Laura Sidali;Elisabeth Kastenholz;Rossella Bianchi

  • Understanding and managing the rural tourism experience — The case of a historical village in Portugal

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Maria João Carneiro;Carlos Duarte Coelho Peixeira Marques;Joana Lima

  • Heterogeneity in risk and safety perceptions of international tourists

    Cláudia Seabra;Sara Dolnicar;José Luís Abrantes;Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • The dimensions of rural tourism experience: impacts on arousal, memory, and satisfaction

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Maria João Carneiro;Carlos Peixeira Marques;Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro

  • 'Management of Demand' as a Tool in Sustainable Tourist Destination Development

    Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • ‘Cultural proximity’ as a determinant of destination image

    Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • How Diverse are Tourists with Disabilities? A Pilot Study on Accessible Leisure Tourism Experiences in Portugal

    Elisabete Figueiredo;Celeste Eusébio;Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Place attachment through sensory-rich, emotion-generating place experiences in rural tourism

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Carlos Peixeira Marques;Maria João Carneiro

  • Contributions of tourism to social inclusion of persons with disability

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Celeste Eusébio;Elisabete Figueiredo

  • The role and marketing implications of destination images on tourist behavior: the case of northern Portugal

    Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Hiking as a relevant wellness activity - results of an exploratory study of hiking tourists in Portugal applied to a rural tourism project

    Áurea Rodrigues;Elisabeth Kastenholz;Apolónia Rodrigues

  • Entrepreneurs in rural tourism: do lifestyle motivations contribute to management practices that enhance sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems?

    Conceição Cunha;Elisabeth Kastenholz;Maria João Carneiro

  • Assessment and role of destination-self-congruity.

    Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Who is consuming the countryside? An activity-based segmentation analysis of the domestic rural tourism market in Portugal

    Celeste Eusébio;Maria João Carneiro;Elisabeth Kastenholz;Elisabete Figueiredo

  • Accessible tourism experiences: the voice of people with visual disabilities

    Eugenia Devile;Elisabeth Kastenholz

  • Host–guest relationships in rural tourism: evidence from two Portuguese villages

    Elisabeth Kastenholz;Maria João Carneiro;Celeste Eusébio;Elisabete Figueiredo

  • Analysing Determinants of Visitor Spending for the Rural Tourist Market in North Portugal

    Elisabeth Kastenholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Arménio Rego
Arménio Rego Catholic University of Portugal
Carlos Marques
Carlos Marques University of Aveiro

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