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Research article

Transport infrastructures, environment impacts and tourists' welfare: a choice experiment to elicit tourist preferences in Siena–Italy

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Pages 891-910 | Received 10 Oct 2014, Accepted 21 Apr 2015, Published online: 27 Jul 2015

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