Entrepreneurship and the rural tourism industry: A primer

Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-141

  Mcgehee, Nancy Gard ^a   Kline, Carol S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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