Evaluating ecotourism sustainability from the integrated perspective of resource, community and tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 640-653

  Tsaur, Sheng Hshiung ^a   Lin, Yu Chiang ^b   Lin, Jo Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Indicator; Stakeholder perspective

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 33644914470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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