Interpretation as the centrepiece of sustainable wildlife tourism

Sustainable Tourism: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 35-44

  Ham, Sam H ^a,b   Weiler, Betty ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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