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Tourism and agriculture : new geographies of consumption, production and rural restructuring / edited by Rebecca Maria Torres and Janet Henshall Momsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.
- Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agritourism--Cross-cultural studies.
- Agritourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Shifting global consumption patterns, tastes and attitudes towards food, leisure, travel and place have opened new opportunities for rural producers in the form of agritourism, ecotourism, wine, food and rural tourism and specialized niche market agricultural production for tourism. Agriculture is one of the oldest and most basic parts of the global economy, while tourism is one of the newest and most rapidly spreading. In the face of current problems of climate change, rising food prices, poverty and a global financial crisis, linkages between agriculture and tourism may provide the basis
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Tourism, agriculture and rural restructuring
- pt. 2. Building tourism and agriculture linkages : challenges and potential
- pt. 3. New forms of tourism and agriculture production and consumption.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-84922-X
- 1-283-10493-8
- 9786613104939
- 1-136-84923-8
- 0-203-83440-2
- 9780203834404
- OCLC:
- 714363465
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