The socio-economic impactof Africa's oldestmarine park

Koedoe

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Oberholzer, Susan ^a   Saayman, Melville ^a   Saayman, Andrea ^a   Slabbert, Elmarie ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Marine tourism; National parks; Partial multiplier modelling; Regional economy; Socio economic impact; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOTOURISM; MARINE PARK; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA; TSITSIKAMMA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 80052474319     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v52i1.879     Document Type: Article

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