Ecotourism impacts in the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-819

  Almeyda, Angelica M ^a,b   Broadbent, Eben N ^a   Wyman, Miriam S ^c   Durham, William H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Responsible Travel   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Land cover change; Nested scale analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; NATURE CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

BOS;

EID: 78349301238     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.797     Document Type: Article

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