Agritourism and rural development: the LowValdelsa case, Italy

Tourism Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Contini, Caterina ^a   Polidori, Roberto ^a   Scarpellini, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Rural areas; Tourism; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992993106     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605370911004557     Document Type: Article

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