Rural tourism : an international perspective / edited by Katherine Dashper.
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TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014Description: 440 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781443866774 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Rural tourism | Travel and Tourism | Travel and TourismDDC classification: 338.4'791'091734 Summary: Rural regions are experiencing fundamental challenges to their ways of life and social fabric, as traditional land-based occupations are in decline and younger and better-educated rural residents migrate to cities for greater work, social and cultural opportunities. Rural tourism offers a possible solution to the problems associated with lost economic opportunities and population decline that accompany the waning of agriculture. Many governments and regional authorities have embraced rural tourism as an opportunity to bring new money into rural regions, stimulating growth, providing employment opportunities and thus beginning to halt rural decline. This collection questions the contribution tourism can and does make to rural regions.
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Rural regions are experiencing fundamental challenges to their ways of life and social fabric, as traditional land-based occupations are in decline and younger and better-educated rural residents migrate to cities for greater work, social and cultural opportunities. Rural tourism offers a possible solution to the problems associated with lost economic opportunities and population decline that accompany the waning of agriculture. Many governments and regional authorities have embraced rural tourism as an opportunity to bring new money into rural regions, stimulating growth, providing employment opportunities and thus beginning to halt rural decline. This collection questions the contribution tourism can and does make to rural regions.
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