Community based tourism in Namibia: 'Reality show' or 'window dressing'?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-479

  Novelli, Marina ^a   Gebhardt, Kathrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bwana Tucke Tucke   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Community based tourism (CBT); Community participation; Namibia; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35948932548     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit332.0     Document Type: Review

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