Village-based tourism and community participation: A case study of the matsheng villages in Southwest Botswana

Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa: Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-209

  Moswete, Naomi ^a   Thapa, Brijesh ^b   Lacey, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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