Urban tourism and small tourism enterprise development in Johannesburg: The case of township tourism

GeoJournal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-257

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Johannesburg; small tourism firms; township tourism; urban tourism

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3943080080     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000034732.58327.b6     Document Type: Review

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