Operators' attitudes toward sustainable tourism development concept in Ghana

Journal of African Business

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 33-52

  Okeiyi, Sunday I ^a   Okrah, Alexander M ^b   Okeiyi, Esther C ^b   Bryant, Beverly A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Responsible tourism; Sustainable economic development; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33244485506     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v06n01_03     Document Type: Article

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