Maintaining the quality of ecotourism: Ecotour operators' responses to tourism growth

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-142

  Burton, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85023677950     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669589808667306     Document Type: Article

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