Social impacts of tourism: An Australian regional case study

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-378

  Tovar, Cesar ^a   Lockwood, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Protected area tourism; Social impacts; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL IMPACT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53849098399     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.667     Document Type: Article

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