Tourism development in agricultural landscapes: the case of the Atherton Tablelands, Australia

Landscape Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 730-743

  Thompson, Michelle ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^a   McShane, Connar ^b   Dale, Allan ^b   Turnour, Jim ^b   Atkinson, Margaret ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agri tourism; Agricultural landscape; Atherton Tablelands; tourism experience; tourism in agricultural regions; tourist gaze

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84980322277     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2016.1174839     Document Type: Article

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