Sustainable performance index for tourism policy development

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 871-880

  Castellani, V ^a   Sala, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPI; Local development; Protected areas; Sustainable performance index; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955427306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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