Contextualising the meaning of ecotourism

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-189

  Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Environmental conservation; Ghana; Kakum Conservation Area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940108035     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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