Carla Barbieri
Professor & Extension Specialist
Area(s) of Expertise
- Sustainable tourism
- Tourism among fishing communities
- Niche tourism
- Agritourism
- Farm entrepreneurial diversification
Research Summary
My research interests can be summarized in two lines. My first research line is on niche tourism and aims at understanding very specialized forms of tourism activities, such as surf tourism. Within this topic, I study the role of tourism in fishing communities, such as the cultural implications of artisanal oyster harvest in North Carolina. My second research line focuses on the motivations and impacts of entrepreneurial efforts among family farms, especially through tourism (i.e., agritourism). I frame my research within the sustainable development paradigm, to have a holistic understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and environmental implications of tourism development.
Publications
- An economic analysis of bamboo plantations and feedstock delivered cost in the Southern US for the manufacturing of fiber-based bioproducts , BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR (2024)
- Thriving in a World of Giants: Craft Breweries' Workings in a Major Tourism Destination , JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH (2024)
- Cultivating success: personal, family and societal attributes affecting women in agritourism , (2023)
- Family matters: intergenerational influences on children's agricultural literacy , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (2023)
- Gender, work, and tourism in the Guatemalan Highlands , (2023)
- How Memorable Are Agrifood Travel Experiences? , Tourism and Hospitality (2023)
- Towards a unified definition of local food , JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES (2023)
- Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2022)
- Agricultural and environmental education: a call for meaningful collaboration in a U.S. context , Environmental Education Research (2022)
- Can craft beverages shape a destination's image? A cognitive intervention to measure pisco-related resources on conative image , TOURISM MANAGEMENT (2022)