Ecotourism: The modern predator? implications of gorilla tourism on local livelihoods in Bwindi impenetrable national park, Uganda

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 726-743

  Laudati, Ann ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; VULNERABILITY; WILDERNESS AREA;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

EID: 77956962995     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d15708     Document Type: Article

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