Tourism revenue sharing policy at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: A policy arrangements approach

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-394

  Ahebwa, Wilber Manyisa ^a   van der Duim, Rene ^b   Sandbrook, Chris ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bwindi National Park, Uganda; conservation; gorilla tourism; policy arrangement; tourism revenue sharing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL PARK; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY REFORM; PRIMATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

EID: 84859593512     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.622768     Document Type: Article

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