Networking for sustainable tourism - towards a research agenda

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 639-657

  Albrecht, Julia N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

networking in tourism; sustainable tourism; tourism networks

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EDUCATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880001048     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.721788     Document Type: Article

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