@article{Proust:58114,
      recid = {58114},
      author = {Proust, Remi and Angelakis, George and Drakos, Periklis},
      title = {A study of tourist’ attitudes and preferences for local  products in Crete and changes induced by the current  economic crisis},
      address = {2009},
      number = {698-2016-47842},
      pages = {35},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The Cretan tourism sector has been characterised by a  large and rapid growth from 1970 to
2000 and has gone on  the primary industry of the island. Despite the fact that  this growth has
seemed stagnant over the last few years,  tourism is still of vital importance for the local
economy.  Agricultural industries are strongly linked with tourism  activities and usually derive
numerous benefits from them.  Understanding tourists’ opinions and demands plays a  crucial
role in implementing appropriate and sustainable  future agricultural offer strategies on the
island in the  future. As several studies have previously indicated, the  current global economic
and financial crisis has deeply cut  household expenditure and 2009 has been predicted to be  a
difficult year for the tourism industry.
This research  was carried out in the western prefecture of Crete, Chania,  which is
characterised by its high number of mass-tourism  infrastructures located in the northern coast
and by its  mountainous rural areas delaying development in the inland  and in the southern
part of the prefecture.
The aim of this  work is first, on the basis of data on tourists’ attitudes  and preferences
compiled in a specific face-to-face survey  conducted in August 2009, to report on the profile
of the  tourists that have spent their holidays in Crete; then,  regarding their local product
consumption and preferences,  to understand the way tourism has helped Cretan  agricultural
demand and try to make the future management  of the sector easier. Finally, an exploratory
study on the  short-term economic crisis effects will be undertaken by  the authors in order to
uncover changes in the nature of  tourists’ spending patterns and trends.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58114},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.58114},
}