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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789603303321

Titolo

Tourism and agriculture : new geographies of consumption, production and rural restructuring / / edited by Rebecca Maria Torres and Janet Henshall Momsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-84922-X

1-283-10493-8

9786613104939

1-136-84923-8

0-203-83440-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

Altri autori (Persone)

MomsenJanet Henshall

TorresRebecca Maria

Disciplina

338.1

Soggetti

Agritourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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