Geotourism in Almeria Province, southeast Spain

Tourism

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-276

  Hose, Thomas A ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Almeria; Geotourism; Spain; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249042795     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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