Developing and implementing a company’s ecotourism mission statement

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-76

  Herremans, Irene M ^a   Welsh, Cameron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Treadsoftly An Environmental Education Company Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0032863607     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669589908667326     Document Type: Article

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