Sustainable hospitality: A meaningful notion?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 810-824

  Melissen, Frans ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

economic, social and environmental imperatives; hospitality; sustainability; sustainable development; systems perspective

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECOTOURISM; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84880942956     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.737797     Document Type: Article

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