The impact of community-based afro-alpine tourism on regional development

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-430

  Steinicke, Ernst ^a   Neuburger, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community based tourism; Kenya; livelihood approach; Mt Kenya Guides and Porters Safari Club (GPSC); Naro Moru; poverty reduction; regional development

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84871563585     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00102.1     Document Type: Article

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