Sustainability indicators of rural tourism from the perspective of the residents

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 586-602

  Marzo Navarro, Mercedes ^a   Pedraja Iglesias, Marta ^a   Vinzón, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

economic sustainability; environmental sustainability; measurement models; residents; rural tourism; sociocultural sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84940197454     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2015.1062909     Document Type: Article

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