To Travel or Not to Travel? Both Have Implications for Sustainable Tourism

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 208-224

  Boley, B Bynum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924535307     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2014.925489     Document Type: Article

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