Tourism SMME Development on the Urban Fringe: The Case of Parys, South Africa

Urban Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-385

  Booyens, Irma ^a   Visser, Gustav ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Free State; Parys; SMME; South Africa; Tourism; Urban fringe

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LOCAL ECONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77957021580     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-010-9098-1     Document Type: Article

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