Shared Growth in Urban Tourism: Evidence from Soweto, South Africa

Urban Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-411

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Shared growth; Soweto; Tourism SMEs; Urban tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950697092     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-008-9042-9     Document Type: Article

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