Tourism development in southern Africa: Patterns, issues and constraints

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 20-41

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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