How do you know it when you see it? Community-based ecotourism in the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia

Tourism Management

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-132

  Reimer, J K Kila ^a   Walter, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Community based ecotourism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPLEXITY; ECOTOURISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; RESEARCH METHOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS;

ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM;

EID: 84867138626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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