Certification of protected areas: The case of PAN parks in Europe

Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 299-315

  Font, Xavier ^a   Clark, Sue ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Glion Institute of Higher Education ^*  (Switzerland)

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