Rural tourism: Development, management and sustainability in rural establishments

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Villanueva álvaro, Juan José ^a   Mondéjar Jiménez, José ^a   Sáez Martínez, Francisco José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment; Environmental impact; PLS; Rural tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MARKET SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 85019884257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9050818     Document Type: Article

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