Blessing or curse? The political economy of tourism development in Tanzania

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Nelson, Fred ^a  

^a Maliasili Initiatives   (United States)

Author keywords

development; political economy; poverty reduction; Tanzania; tourism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INVESTMENT; LAND TENURE; NATIONAL PARK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84859572151     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.630079     Document Type: Article

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