| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility |
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Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Rebecca Maria Torres and Janet Momsen -- Part I. Tourism, Agriculture and Rural Restructuring. 2. Tourism and Agriculture in Hungary: Post Productivist Transistion or New Functions in Rural Space?/ Iren Szorenyiné Kukorelli -- 3. The Nexus Between Agriculture and Tourism in Ghana: A Case of Unexploited Development Potential / Alex Asiedu and Tometi Gbdema -- 4. Life Between the Two Milpas: Tourism, Agriculture and Migration in the Yucatan / Rebecca Maria Torres -- 5. Female Empowerment Through Agriculture in Rural Japan? / Atsuko Hashimoto and David Telfer -- Part II. Building Tourism and Agriculture Linkages: Challenges and Potential. 6. Sustainability on a Plate: Linking Agriculture and Food in the Fiji Islands Tourism Industry / Tracy Berno -- 7. Cracks in the Pavement: Coventional Constraints and Contemporary Solutions for Linking Agriculture and Tourism in the Caribbean / Benjamin F. Timms and Stern Neill -- 8. Agritourism Linkages in Jamaica: Case Study of the Negril All-Inclusive Hotel Subsector / Kevon Rhiney -- 9. Tourism and Agriculture in Barbados: Changing Relationships / Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya and Janet Momsen -- Part III. New Forms of Tourism and Agriculture Production and Consumption. 10. Adopting a Sheep in Abruzzo: Agritourism and the Preservation of Transhumance Farming in Central Italy / Rosie Cox, Lewis Holloway, Laura Venn, Moya Kneafsey, and Elizabeth Dowler -- 11. Farm Stay Tourism in California: The Influence of Type of Farming / Jill Donaldson and Janet Momsen -- 12. Tourism and Agriculture Viability: Case Studies from the United States and England / Ellen L. Rilla -- 13. Visiting Winery Tasting Rooms: Venues for Education, Differentiation and Direct Marketing / Deborah Che and Astrid Wargenau -- 14. New Forms of Tourism in Spain: Wine, Gastronomic and Rural Tourism / Gemma Canoves and Raul Suhett de Morais |
| 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 for |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agritourism -- Cross-cultural studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Agritourism
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Torres, Rebecca Maria.
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Momsen, Janet Henshall.
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| ISBN |
9780203834404 |
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0203834402 |
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