Tourism development in inner mountain areas-the local stakeholders' point of view through a mixed method approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2019, Pages

  Duglio, Stefano ^a   Bonadonna, Alessandro ^a   Letey, Marilisa ^a   Peira, Giovanni ^a   Zavattaro, Laura ^a   Lombardi, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Delphi method; Group Nominal Technique; Local community; Mountain tourism; Sustainability; Territorial development

Indexed keywords

DELPHI ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FOOD PRODUCT; MOUNTAIN REGION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ALPS;

ZIZIPHUS RIGNONII;

EID: 85074817783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11215997     Document Type: Article

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