Contradictions of rural tourism initiatives in rural development contexts: Finnish rural tourism strategy case study

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-105

  Saarinen, Jarkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Periphery; Rural tourism; Sustainable tourism; Tourism strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947586816     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit287.0     Document Type: Note

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