The impacts of tourism on two communities adjacent to the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-678

  Strickland Munro, Jennifer K ^a   Moore, Susan A ^a   Freitag Ronaldson, Stefanie ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Kruger national park; Social ecological system; Socioeconomic impacts; Tourism

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATIONAL PARK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78149367940     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.522829     Document Type: Article

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