Indicators of small town tourism development potential: The case of Fouriesburg, South Africa

Urban Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-317

  Halseth, Greg ^a   Meiklejohn, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Indicators; Policy; Small town economic restructuring; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749124498     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-009-9064-y     Document Type: Article

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