Assessing the economic development potential of nature tourism

Great Plains Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-296

  Hodur, Nancy M ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a   Wolfe, Kara L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birding; Coteau region; Economic impact; Nature tourism; North Dakota

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; RURAL ECONOMY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544454974     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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