Poverty or riches: who benefits from the booming tourism industry in Botswana?

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 93-112

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

international and domestic tourism; Political economy; poverty; sustainability; tourism

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 85011573687     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2016.1270424     Document Type: Article

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