Regional development and national parks in South Africa: Lessons learned

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1037-1064

  Saayman, M ^a   Saayman, A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

National parks; Regional development; Socio economic impacts; South Africa

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78649874557     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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