The value of traditional rural landscape and nature protected areas in tourism demand: A study on agritourists' preferences

Landscape Online

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-18

  Torquati, Biancamaria ^a   Tempesta, Tiziano ^b   Vecchiato, Daniel ^b   Venanzi, Sonia ^a   Paffarini, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agritourism; Biodiversity; Discrete choice experiments; Italy; Natura 2000 sites; Traditional rural landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040987374     PISSN: 18651542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3097/LO.201753     Document Type: Article

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