Tourism, food, and culture: Community-based tourism, local food, and community development in mpondoland

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-123

  Giampiccoli, Andrea ^a   Kalis, Janet Hayward ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community based tourism; Food and nutrition; Indigenous knowledge; Mpondoland; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871685418     PISSN: 21539553     EISSN: 1556486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2012.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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