Recommended Reading - Rural Tourism

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RECOMMENDED READING -- Rural Tourism as a Tool for Development in Mexico - Rodrigo Esponda

The purpose of this paper is not only to contribute to the dialogue organized by planeta.com for the Rural Tourism Conference, but also, and in light of the potential it has as a development tool, to provide a case study of Mexico. Understanding that rural tourism alone cannot solve the distortions and mismanagements in underdeveloped areas; it does play a key role to increase the standard of living in certain communities and to preserve natural and cultural resources for future generations.

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Derek Hall, Irene Kirkpatrick and Morag Mitchell, editors
Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business, Multilingual Matters, 2005 (384 pages, $69.95)
- This anthology provides recent case examples focusing on rural tourism and sustainable development.
>> http://tinyurl.com/c448o

REFERENCES

Tourism Books
>> http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/reviews/bibtour.html

New Titles
>> http://www.planeta.com/newtitles.html

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New feature

Turismo Rural como un Servicio de los Bosques Mexicanos: Encuesta de Viajeros - Gerhard Buttner and Ron Mader/IMAC
http://www.imacmexico.org/ev_es.php?ID= ... 2=DO_TOPIC

Powerpoint
http://tinyurl.com/y9vgy6

Related link

Planeta.com Launches Survey on Community Tourism Guides
http://www.planeta.com/planeta/06/0607community.html

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Rural Tourism
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ruraltourism

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