Success factors and constraints among nature-based tourism entrepreneurs

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 649-671

  Lundberg, Christine ^a   Fredman, Peter ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constraints; Entrepreneurs; Life story; Nature tourism supply; Success factors

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SWEDEN; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84866324135     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.630458     Document Type: Article

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