Looking for environmental excellence in tourist destinations

Tourismos

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-106

  Amposta, Josep Boyra ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental excellence; Sustainable development; Tourist destination competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952910243     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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