Barriers to ecotourism supplier success: A comparison of agency and business perspectives

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-305

  Silva, Gabriela ^a   McDill, Marc E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Nature tourism; Small business; Supply

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECOTOURISM; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3543150682     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580408667239     Document Type: Article

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