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The decline in agricultural and other forms of rural employment indeveloped countries has created a need for a diversified range of ruralbusinesses. Tourism and recreation are recognized as prime contributorsto this process. This book reviews both the theory and practice of ruraltourism and recreation. Including numerous case studies and contributionsfrom both academics and practitioners, it illustrates how smallenterprises can create and adapt products and markets.

Tourism --- Rural development --- Ecotourism --- Tourisme --- Développement rural --- Ecotourisme --- Rural tourism --- Geografie --- Plattelandstoerisme --- Vrijetijdsbesteding --- Economische geografie --- Toerisme Sport Recreatie. --- platteland --- Plattelandstoerisme. --- platteland. --- Platteland. --- Développement rural

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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.

Rural development. --- Tourism. --- community collaboration. --- environmental management. --- rural tourism enterprises. --- rural tourism policy. --- rural tourism. --- sustainable business development. --- sustainable rural development. --- sustainable tourism management. --- sustainable tourism. --- tourism development.