Beyond the Beach: Balancing Environmental and Socio-cultural Sustainability in Boracay, the Philippines

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-569

  Ong, Lei Tin Jackie ^a   Storey, Donovan ^a   Minnery, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boracay; Coastal tourism; Philippines; planning and development; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CULTURAL CHANGE; ESTHETICS; LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AKLAN; BORACAY; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS; WESTERN VISAYAS;

EID: 84859227828     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2011.590517     Document Type: Article

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