Tourism and poverty alleviation: The case for indigenous enterprise development in Kenya

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-37

  Manyara, Geoffrey ^a   Jones, Eleri ^a   Botterill, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based enterprises; Economic development and poverty alleviation; Individually owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846292882     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830406778493579     Document Type: Article

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