Sustainable Tourism Development

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A Framework of Approaches to Sustainable Tourism
Jackie Clarke Version of record first published: 29 Mar 2010.

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A Framework of Approaches to Sustainable Tourism
Jackie Clarke
School of Business, Oxford Brooks University, Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1HX Based on an extensive literature review, this paper proposes a framework of approaches to sustainable tourism. The framework is composed of four positions, chronologically sequenced

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