An exploration of tourist motivation in rural settings: The case of Troodos, Cyprus

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 2-3, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-78

  Farmaki, Anna ^a  

^a INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Rural tourism; Tourist motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861302948     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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