Tourism, economic transition and ecosystem degradation: Interacting processes in a Tanzanian coastal community

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 430-453

  Gössling, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coastal communities; Economic transition; Neoclassical economic theory; Sustainable tourism; World system theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24844460819     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146166800110070504     Document Type: Article

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