This paper analyses the phenomenon of grape harvest festivals in Italy. By exploring ethnographically the grape harvest festival of Lu (Alessandria province, Piedmont region), the paper points out the economic and social roles played by the festivals in modern Italy. The historic analysis of the...

This study analyzes the satisfiers and dissatisfiers of wineries to identify potential asymmetric relationships between winery attributes and visitor satisfaction. By using aspect extraction and a regression approach, a sample of 9,376 reviews corresponding to 524 wineries in Spain, from February...

Agricultural tourism enables consumers to see a production pattern on the spot and have information by including them in agricultural activities in rural areas, either for a day or with accommodation. In addition, agricultural tourism is the purchase of the products harvested by the producers or...

The profile of tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic is changing toward those seeking health, safety and quality products. One of the modalities that best adapts to these needs is gastronomic tourism and, within this segment, wine tourism (enotourism), which can be enjoyed in many areas across the...

Events are increasingly being used to promoting tourism destinations and localities. Events help the local economy as alternative for decreasing the effects caused by seasonality in the major host centers of tourism. This article investigates the planning of the Grape Festival of Caxias do Sul,...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the wine tasting courses in the context of management and innovation of wine attractions of National Grape Festival of Caxias do Sul (RS), Brazil. The National Grape Festival of Caxias do Sul was created to improve the quality of the grapes...

Many regions in Europe have unique and characteristic landscapes, partly resulting from historical and/or current economic activities that have become a contemporary land mark. At present, there is a trend to show these unique features by emphasizing local traditions or recreating historical ones...

Through this work, we expect to understand the relationship between the fest transitional space and the city. Festa da Uva is an event that came from the Italian Immigration at first to be an unpretentious fair to exchange goods and farm products. Then, in the apex, the fair's main objective was to ...

Obesity is a serious and growing health concern worldwide. Watching television (TV) represents a condition during which many habitually eat, irrespective of hunger level. However, as of yet, little is known about how the content of television programs being watched differentially impacts concurrent ...

The article, which deals with the issue whether the viticulture can be the challenge for tourism development, is based on research conducted in Znojmo case study area (the Czech Republic). It starts with general introduction of wine tourism concept based on the selected results of the previous...