Ecotourism as a development strategy: Experiences from Costa Rica

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1225-1237

  Koens, Jacobus Franciscus ^a   Dieperink, Carel ^a   Miranda, Miriam ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Development strategy; Ecotourism; Impact assessment; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885852197     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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