Pro-poor tourism: A critique

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 851-868

  Harrison, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 46849115850     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802105983     Document Type: Article

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