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Rural tourism : an introductionar / Richard and Julia Sharpley.

By: Sharpley, Richard, 1956-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Series in tourism and hospitality management.Publisher: London : International Thomson, c1997Description: 165 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415140102.Subject(s): TourismDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Understanding rural tourism -- The countryside: a resource for tourism -- The demand for rural tourism -- The supply of rural tourism -- Marketing the countryside for tourism -- Planning and managing rural tourism -- Issues in rural tourism.
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This text provides a comprehensive, stimulating and up-to-date analysis of the key issues involved in the planning and management of rural tourism.The book makes extensive use of case studies to illustrate the issues and problems discussed in the text. These include agrotourism in Cyprus, tourism development in Ireland, rural tourism in Utah, National Parks in Australia, marketing farm tourism in Austria and rural tourism in Romania.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-160) and index.

Understanding rural tourism -- The countryside: a resource for tourism -- The demand for rural tourism -- The supply of rural tourism -- Marketing the countryside for tourism -- Planning and managing rural tourism -- Issues in rural tourism.