Tourists' willingness to pay for wildlife viewing and wildlife conservation in Namibia

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Barnes, J I ^a   Schier, C ^b   Van Rooy, G ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Economics; Tourism; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040949690     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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