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Tourism and recreation
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Tourism, in the context of land-based sector, is considered in terms of business development, access to the countryside, field sports and outdoor & adventure recreation.Rural businesses typically service the demand for accommodation and participation in a range of leisure activities.
Countryside access
- usage surveys
Field sports, hunting & fishing
- game-keeping
- shooting
- riparian topics and associated economic gains
Outdoor recreation
- an increasingly important factor in the economic activity of rural areas drawing visitors involved in walking, climbing, cycling, horse riding, canoeing, sailing and air sports
Tourism business development
- visitor attractions
- destination management
A number of universities and colleges specialise in tourism and leisure management with relevance to the rural sector. Sheffield Hallam University is host to the Countryside Recreation Network
OpenFields brings together authoritative tourism and recreational information from universities, colleges and the industry.
A sample of Items held in the Tourism and recreation category
- 1059: A future for England’s upland communities
- 1073: State of the countryside
- 561: Why Farming matters - to Britain's rural life and culture
- 690: Leisure and recreation
- Strategy in the Public Sector: Management in the Wilderness
- 507: Strategy for trees, woods and forests
- Farming in the High Peak: Upper Booth Farm
- 695: The land use challenge
- 717: Whose land is it anyway?
Subcategories within Tourism and recreation
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The OpenFields Library is a free online library contains items of interest to practitioners and researchers in the agricultural and landbased industries.