Sustainable tourism: The case of the blue ridge national heritage area

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-257

  Stoddard, James E ^a   Evans, Michael R ^b   Davé, Dinesh S ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospitality and Tourism Management

^c Department of Operations Management and Computer Information Services ^*

Author keywords

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area; Ecotourism; Sustainable tourism; Tourism research

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849084635     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965508320574     Document Type: Article

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