Natural quiet: An additional feature reflecting green tourism development in conservation areas of Greece

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  Votsi, Nefta Eleftheria P ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation area; Green tourism; Natura 2000 network; Quietness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897906739     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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