Putting the ecotour guide back into context: Using systems thinking to develop quality guides

Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 337-363

  Kohl, Jon ^a  

^a Fermata Inc   (Costa Rica)

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