Environmental and Economic Tools to Support Sustainable Golf Tourism: The Algarve Experience, Portugal

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-217

  Videira, Nuno ^a   Correia, Antónia ^b   Alves, Inês ^b   Ramires, Catarina ^b   Subtil, Rui ^b   Martins, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

economic impacts; environment; golf tourism; scenarios; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996182320     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050013     Document Type: Article

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