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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1
• Soggetto topico: Agritourism
• Altri autori: MomsenJanet Henshall TorresRebecca Maria
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Tourism and agriculture
• ISBN: 1-136-84922-X; 1-283-10493-8; 9786613104939; 1-136-84923-8; 0-203-83440-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789603303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.