Local Tourism Initiative in an Eastern Himalayan Village: Sustainable Ecotourism or Small-scale Nature Exploitation?
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2083-8298
DOI: 10.1515/bog-2015-0003