Tourism and remote mountain settlements: Spatial and temporal development of tourist infrastructure in the Mt Everest region, Nepal

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-227

  Nepal, Sanjay K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lodge inventory; Mt Everest region; Remote settlements; Settlement type; Tourism; Tourist lodge

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MOUNTAIN REGION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18844454083     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680500072471     Document Type: Article

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