Agro-tourism in unlikely destinations: A study of Singapore

Managing Leisure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agro tourism; Farm diversification; Farm tourism; Land planning; Sustainability; Urbanised environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009647571     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710903204456     Document Type: Article

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