The socio-economic impacts of tourism in the okavango delta, botswana

Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa: Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 210-230

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a   Darkoh, Michael B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

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