Sustainable tourism in the usa: A comparative look at the global sustainable tourism criteria

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-229

  Bricker, Kelly S ^a   Schultz, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Global sustainable tourism criteria; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979750777     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2011.11081668     Document Type: Article

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