Sustainability indicators for small tourism enterprises - An exploratory perspective

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-594

  Roberts, Sherma ^a   Tribe, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Indicator selection; Small tourism enterprises; Sustainable tourism indicators

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 55049090540     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost579.0     Document Type: Article

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