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Community-Based Rural Tourism by Networking NPO

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This Chapter describes the development of CBRT by focussing on the roles of an NPO that promotes the formation of networks in Miyagi in northern Japan through a case study approach to an NPO engaged in rural tourism.

This chapter was revised from the paper initially published as Ohe (2018). The author acknowledges the permission given by the initial publisher.

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Ohe, Y. (2020). Community-Based Rural Tourism by Networking NPO. In: Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0383-2_14

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