Urban ecotourism: A contradiction in terms?

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-51

  Higham, James ^a   Lück, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECOTOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0041574688     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724040208668111     Document Type: Article

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