Development of rural-tourism experiences through networking: An example from Gudbrandsdalen, Norway

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-120

  Tolstad, Helene K ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

innovation; network; rural tourism; small firms

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MARKETING; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

GUDBRANDSDALEN; NORWAY; OPPLAND;

EID: 84896452757     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2014.894561     Document Type: Article

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