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Towards a Smart Tourism Business Ecosystem based on Industrial Heritage: research perspectives from the mining region of Rio Tinto, Spain

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Pages 528-549 | Received 06 Mar 2017, Accepted 18 Feb 2018, Published online: 16 May 2018

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