Sustainable tourism: A comprehensive literature review on frameworks and applications

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-30

  Zolfani, Sarfaraz Hashemkhani ^a   Sedaghat, Maedeh ^b   Maknoon, Reza ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Shakhes Pajouh Research Institute   (Iran)

^c VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Literature review; Sustainable development; Sustainable tourism; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938333247     PISSN: 1331677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2014.995895     Document Type: Article

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