Rural Lodging Establishments as Drivers of Rural Development

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-95

  Hernández Maestro, Rosa M ^a   González Benito, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

business performance; rural development; rural lodging establishments; rural tourism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; TOURISM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84888378414     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513481273     Document Type: Article

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