Capacity Building through Socially Responsible Tourism Development: A Ghanaian Case Study

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 779-792

  Koutra, Christina ^a   Edwards, Jon ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; capacity building; developing countries; Ghana; poverty reduction; tourism development

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCE; HUMAN CAPITAL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 84866976293     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512451141     Document Type: Article

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