Biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism: Philippine initiatives

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-309

  Catibog Sinha, Corazon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Ex situ conservation; Flagship species; In situ conservation; Protected areas; User fees; Zoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888218251     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2010.517841     Document Type: Article

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