Tourist carrying capacity of Santana cave (PETAR-SP, Brazil): A new method based on a critical atmospheric parameter

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-75

  Lobo, Heros Augusto Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Cave microclimate; Ecotourism; Show cave; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938283333     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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