The reality of balancing tourism development and protecting the nature heritage of Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Lee, Mandy ^a  

^a Dev's Adventure Tours ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

KEDAH; LANGKAWI; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84898540178     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: 17477638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2013.866676     Document Type: Article

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