Agritourism and local economic development in South Africa

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 93-106

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a   Rogerson, Jayne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Faculty of Science   (South Africa)

Author keywords

agritourism; local development; South Africa; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919687709     PISSN: 17324254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bog-2014-0047     Document Type: Article

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