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September 27, 2022
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Recommendations and proposals for improvement in rural cultural destinations: The case study of the Book Town of Uruena (Valladolid, Spain)

Publicated to:Pasos. Revista De Turismo Y Patrimonio Cultural. 17 (1): 25-38 - 2019-04-01 17(1), DOI: 10.25145/j.pasos.2019.17.002

Authors: Azuara Grande, Alberto; de Esteban Curiel, Javier; del Rio de la Hoz, Isabel

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Ciencias Educ Lenguaje Cultura & Artes, Ciencias Hist Jurid & Humanist & Lenguas Modernas, Area Hist Arte, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Econ Empresa, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Programa Doctorado Interuniv Turismo, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Literary tourism is a specific form of cultural tourism that is relatively recent in Spain and widely consolidated in different European countries, where it has grown in importance to the point of whole destinations being built around the same, often in rural landscapes. Book Town initiatives have been positioned as a variation of literary tourism and consists in a plethora of bookshops in small towns that serve as the nucleus for regional economic and social development. This paper offers qualitative research on the subject, the result of in-depth interviews with two experts in cultural tourism. From the subsequent analysis, it is clear that management and marketing strategies are essential, among other aspects, for the success and consolidation of rural cultural destinations. The analysis centres most specifically on the Book Town of Uruena (Valladolid) as the Spanish reference for this type of tourism.

Keywords

AuthenticityBook townCultural tourismLiterary placesLiterary tourismLocal developmentQualitative analysisRural destinationsTourism

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Pasos. Revista De Turismo Y Patrimonio Cultural due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2019, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as D by the agency AGUAR.

Desde una perspectiva relativa, los impactos normalizados en entornos vinculados a las áreas de humanidades y ciencias sociales dentro del contexto nacional, este trabajo consigue un valor de citación normalizada, calculado a partir de los datos proporcionados por Dialnet Métricas, de: 6.25, lo que indica que, de manera comparada con trabajos en la misma disciplina y en el mismo año de publicación, lo ubica como trabajo citado por encima de la media al menos en el contexto nacional. (source consulted: Dialnet Metrics Dec 2023)

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-21:

  • Dialnet Métricas: 1
  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-21:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Azuara Grande, Alberto) and Last Author ().

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Azuara Grande, Alberto.