Environmental Impacts of Tourism

A Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 450-461

  Wong, Poh Poh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Ecotourism; Environmental impacts; Gas emissions; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749124421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752272.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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