Sun, Sand, and Beach Fale: Benefiting from Backpackers—the Samoan Way

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 75-86

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

backpackers; beach fale; budget tourism; culture; local development; Samoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979561637     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2006.11081507     Document Type: Article

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