Ecotourism development and female empowerment in Botswana: A review

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-58

  Lenao, Monkgogi ^a,b   Basupi, Biki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Botswana; Ecotourism; Empowerment; Resources use; Social exchange theory; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957812713     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.12.021     Document Type: Article

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