Tourism and regional development: The case of South Africa’s distressed areas

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-291

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

peripheral regions; regional development; South Africa; tourism; visiting friends and relatives travel

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PERIPHERAL REGION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84926416219     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1010713     Document Type: Article

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