Benefits to the poor from gorilla tourism in Rwanda

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 647-662

  Spenceley, Anna ^a   Habyalimana, Straton ^a   Tusabe, Ritah ^a   Mariza, Donnah ^a  

^a SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation)   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Gorillas; Pro poor tourism; Rwanda; Value chain analysis

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; PRIVATE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

RWANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 78149379249     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.522828     Document Type: Article

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