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Diffusion Structures of Farmer Inns that Host Experience-based Education Tours: A Case Study in the Aito Area of Higashiomi City, Shiga

2013; Volume: 49; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7310/arfe.49.409

ISSN

2185-9973

Autores

Yasue Bo, Takako Nakamura,

Tópico(s)

Urban and spatial planning

Resumo

This study seeks to clarify the diffusion structures of farmer inns that host experience-based education tours in the Aito area of Higasiomi city, Shiga. They involve invitations put forth by the farmer inns themselves, and a diffusion process that mainly involves local inhabitants. In outlining this solicitation route, we determined the following by undertaking interviewbased surveys: (1) There is a history of exchange projects just former Aito Town, (2) The diffusion process involved invitations by a few key persons, that is, dyadic ties, and (3) The diffusion structure had characteristics that changed according to the year in which the farmer inn hosted the tour.

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