Sustainable tourism certification marketing and its contribution to SME market access

Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-163

  Font, Xavier ^a   Epler Wood, Megan ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EplerWood International   (United States)

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