Challenges and potential for linking tourism and agriculture to achieve pro-poor tourism objectives

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-318

  Torres, Rebecca ^a   Momsen, Janet Henshall ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Cancun; Mexico; pro poor; Quintana Roo; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993731496     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993404ps092oa     Document Type: Article

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