Towards an internationally recognized ecolodge certification

Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 415-434

  Mehta, Hitesh ^a  

^a Edward D Stone Jr and Associates EDSA   (United States)

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