Rural tourism accommodation prices by land use-based hedonic approach: First results from the case study of the self-catering cottages in Asturias

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Bilbao Terol, Celia ^a   Cañal Fernández, Verónica ^a   Valdés, Luis ^a   Del Valle, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental amenities; Geographic information system; Hedonic price model; Rural heritage; Rural land use; Rural tourism sustainability; Self catering cottages

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GIS; GRASSLAND; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE CONFLICT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; TOURISM;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

EID: 85029805056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9101688     Document Type: Article

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