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Social Innovation Project and Tourism Lifestyle Entrepreneurship to Revitalize the Marginal Areas. The Case of the via Francigena Cultural Route

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Pages 938-954 | Received 11 May 2022, Accepted 25 Nov 2022, Published online: 02 Jan 2023

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