Immersed in green? Reconfiguring the Italian countryside through rural tourism promotional materials

Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-44

  Figueiredo, Elisabete ^a   Raschi, Antonio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Content analysis; Rural reconfiguration processes; Rural tourism promotional materials; Social representations on rurality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884554609     PISSN: 18713173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1871-3173(2012)0000006005     Document Type: Article

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