Promoting women’s empowerment through involvement in ecotourism: Experiences from the third world

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 232-249

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE;

EID: 0033750103     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580008667360     Document Type: Article

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