Passport to development? Local perceptions of the outcomes of post-socialist tourism policy and growth in Nicaragua

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-279

  Hunt, Carter ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052995627     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2011.591155     Document Type: Review

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