The development of olive tourism in Western Australia: A case study of an emerging tourism industry

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 696-708

  Alonso, Abel Duarte ^a   Northcote, Jeremy ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Olive growing; Olive tourism; Operators; Rural tourism; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78349281921     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.786     Document Type: Article

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