The developmental impacts of backpacker tourism in South Africa

GeoJournal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-299

  Visser, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

backpacker tourists; development; new tourism; South Africa; tourism

Indexed keywords

PROLIFERATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3943095433     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000034735.26184.ae     Document Type: Review

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