Ecotourism as a Western construct

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-39

  Cater, Erlet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture and ecology; Ethnocentrism; Exclusion; Exclusivity; Hegemony; Indigenous people

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; GLOBALIZATION; HEGEMONY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33746598997     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724040608668445     Document Type: Article

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