A market-based proposal for encouraging water use efficiency in a tourism-based economy

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Cashman, Adrian ^a   Moore, Winston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Leisure; Market based instruments; Tourism; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051789713     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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