Analysis of tourism potential for Crete Island, Greece

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Matzarakis, A ^a   Nastos, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crete Island; Greece; Physiologically equivalent temperature; Tourism potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856550911     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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