Determining ecotourism strategies using A'WOT hybrid method: Case study of Troia Historical National Park, Çanakkale, Turkey

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 380-388

  Akbulak, Cengiz ^a   Cengiz, Tülay ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A'WOT; anakkale; ecotourism; strategy; Troia Historical National Park

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905401407     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2014.903383     Document Type: Article

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