Ecotourism: Towards congruence between theory and practice

Tourism Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Ross, Sheryl ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Development; Ecotourism; Local involvement; Natural areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOTOURISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032997063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(98)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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