ABSTRACT
The relationship between peripheral areas and tourism has fueled the academic debate from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, looking at different facets such as local development and growth, participation, innovation, entrepreneurship and culture and heritage conservation and regeneration. The notion of periphery and peripherality has often been constructed in relation to, or in opposition to, that of cores, centers and urban hubs, as the etymology suggests: peripheral is something that edges something else, and that constitutes its boundary or its circumference. Tourism development strategies seeking to trigger such dynamics rely on a variety of innovation strategies, policy options and narratives, aiming to communicate the value of peripheral areas to potential visitors. Community participation in agritourism development can help hinder the negative externalities of tourism consumption, through a reasoning on sustainability in the longer run. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
