Book town tourism as a private development initiative for small town revival: The case of Richmond, South Africa

Small Town Geographies in Africa: Experiences from South Africa and Elsewhere

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-179

  Donaldson, Ronnie ^a   Vermeulen, Lizette ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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