Rural tourism: the evolution of practice and research approaches – towards a new generation concept?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2015, Pages 1133-1156

  Lane, Bernard ^a   Kastenholz, Elisabeth ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

rural planning; rural tourism; rural tourism practice; rural tourism research; sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; PLANNING PRACTICE; RESEARCH METHOD; RURAL PLANNING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84943412470     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1083997     Document Type: Article

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