Working while travelling: Tourism development opportunities for agricultural regions

Tourism

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Ruhanen, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural regions; Australia; Rural tourism; Working backpacker

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956670238     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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