Ecosophy and tourism: Rethinking a mountain resort

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 902-911

  Varley, Peter ^a   Medway, Dominic ^b  

^a Department of Adventure Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dwelling; Ecosophy; Ecotourism; Embodiment; Mountain tourism; Nature

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; INFRASTRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80054707918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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