Unpacking the baggage of ecotourism: Nature, science, and local participation

Great Lakes Geographer

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-123

  Gray, Noella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Ecotourism; Environmental discourse

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4444369977     PISSN: 11953071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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