Ecotourism: A panacea or a predicament?

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-16

  Das, Madhumita ^a   Chatterjee, Bani ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Ecotourism; Environmental impact; Social impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921978430     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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