Coffee tourism and community development in Guatemala

Human Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-198

  Lyon, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

agritourism; coffee; cooperatives; development; tourism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COFFEE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAINING;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84882574930     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.72.3.00l1g4xj1m83x68j     Document Type: Article

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