The potential for coffee tourism development in Rwanda – Neither black nor white

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-96

  Anbalagan, Karthick ^a   Lovelock, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

coffee; coffee tourism; development; Rwanda; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906688521     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358414529579     Document Type: Article

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