Genealogy tourism - The Scottish market opportunities

Niche Tourism: Contemporary issues, trends and cases

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 59-72

  Birtwistle, Moira ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906196113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080492926     Document Type: Chapter

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