Using indicators to assess sustainable tourism development: a review

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-47

  Torres Delgado, Anna ^a,b   Saarinen, Jarkko ^c,d  

^a Hospitality and Gastronomy CETT UB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

impacts; indicators; indices; planning; set of indicators; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; GUIDELINE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANNING METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84899886350     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2013.867530     Document Type: Article

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