Overview
This book provides the latest conceptual thinking on, and case study exemplification of, rural tourism and sustainable business development from Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East and Japan in 19 concise, manageable chapters. The book is organised into distinct yet interrelated sections, and benefits from strong editorial input in terms of context setting and summary chapters. Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business represents a high quality text integrating the latest thinking on the evolving strategic roles of rural tourism and its role in sustainable business development. It provides readily accessible material drawn from a range of environmental and cultural contexts and draws attention to the nature and interrelationships between local and global issues in rural tourism and development.
Full Product Details
Author: Derek Hall ,
Irene Kirkpatrick ,
Morag Mitchell
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint: Channel View Publications
Volume: No. 26
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.720kg
ISBN: 9781845410124
ISBN 10: 1845410122
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 17 May 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book provides constructive knowledge on the development and diversity of rural tourism. It will contribute to a much-needed reinvigoration of the rural tourism debate.Anders Sorensen, CEUS Business School, DenmarkThis is a book to savour and one that should make readers think. Well chosen contributors from around the world present a rich mix of theory and practice.Bernard Lane, co-editor: Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Author Information
The editors have all worked together in the former Leisure and Tourism Management Department of the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) which produced the 'Auchincruive Declaration' on tourism and rural sustainability in 1998, and which this book helps to perpetuate. They have common interests in sustainable rural development, notably Morag Mitchell in economic evaluation, Irene Kirkpatrick in equine recreation development, and Derek Hall in retirement recreation in the countryside. Dr Mitchell is now Rural Economist with SAC Aberdeen, Ms Kirkpatrick had administrative roles with SAC Auchincruive, and Professor Hall is Visiting Professor with Hame Polytechnic, Finland and a partner of Seabank Enterprises, Scotland.
