On the demand for agritourism: a cursory review of methodologies and practice

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 139-148

  Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano ^a   Barbieri, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agritourism; demand; revealed preference; stated preference; tourism flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958763759     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2015.1137968     Document Type: Article

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