EXPLORING EXPENDITURE‐BASED SEGMENTATION FOR RURAL TOURISM: OVERNIGHT STAY VISITORS VERSUS EXCURSIONISTS TO FEE‐FISHING SITESFootnote

Funding for the Aquaculture Food and Marketing Development Project was provided by the Special Research Grant Program, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The authors thank the personnel at West Virginia University for help with data collection and technical assistance from the Center for Socioeconomic Research and Education at Texas A & M University.

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