Environmental sustainability and tourism - Implications of trend synergies of tourism in Sikkim Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Joshi, R ^a   Dhyani, P P ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Tourism process models; Tourist influx; Trend synergies

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249190404     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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