Slow Tourism at the Caribbean's Geographical Margins

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-418

  Timms, Benjamin F ^a   Conway, Dennis ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative tourism; Caribbean; geographical marginality; slow tourism; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; MARGINALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84864710674     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2011.610112     Document Type: Article

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