Governing conservation tourism partnerships in Kenya

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 250-265

  Lamers, Machiel ^a   van der Duim, René ^a   van Wijk, Jakomijn ^b   Nthiga, Rita ^c   Visseren Hamakers, Ingrid J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Congruence; Conservation; Governance; Kenya; Metagovernance; Private community partnership

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOTOURISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 84907307596     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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