The mountains, forests, rivers and lakes, open spaces, and scenic vistas that characterize
portions of America's rural landscape have for many years attracted population growth …

Natural amenities involving a mild climate, topographic variation, and the presence of water
areas are closely linked to population growth throughout the United States. From 1970 …

Understanding the distributional mechanisms of aggregate amenity-led economic growth is
a necessary prerequisite to informed rural tourism planning. This applied study develops an …

Asheville, a mid-sized city in the Western North Carolina mountains, has functioned as a
tourism center for well over a century, marketing its scenery and climate first to health tourists …

This book provides a comprehensive account of tourism in natural, wild and protected areas.
The 2nd edition contains an overview of key literature and developments that have emerged …

Natural amenities have always been important to rural America. Places with high natural
ameni-ties enjoyed higher levels of employment, population, and income growth. However …

A master plan that combines tourism, conservation, and research offers a mechanism for
developing and other countries to preserve their natural and cultural treasures while at the …

Rural tourism has been a subject of study since the early days of tourism scholarship. Most
of tourism's deleterious impacts were identified from studies conducted in rural settings. It is …

Amenity resources, defined as anything that provides' beauty, pleasure, or experiences
unique to the locale', are the cornerstone on which to build a community tourism system …