Touristic ecological footprint: A new yardstick to assess sustainability of tourism

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1475-1480

  Yang, Gui Hua ^a   Li, Peng ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Quantitative measurement; Sustainable tourism; Touristic ecological footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444433174     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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