Agriculture-tourism linkages and pro-poor impacts: The accommodation sector of urban coastal KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Applied Geography

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-58

  Pillay, Manisha ^a   Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Backward linkages; Food supply chains; KwaZulu Natal; South Africa; Tourism agriculture linkages

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84871462649     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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