Developing the nature-based tourism sector in Southwestern North Dakota

Great Plains Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-92

  Hodur, Nancy M ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a   Wolfe, Kara L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agritourism; Hunting; Nature based tourism; North Dakota; Sector development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; POLICY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549085307     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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