Tropical rainforests have many values beyond the timber they hold and their potential as sites for agriculture and cattle grazing. This study examined one of these additional values, rainforests as places for ecotourism. The study determined the value that tourists from the U.S. place on Costa Rican
Tropical science and tourism: The case of OTS in Costa Rica
β Scribed by Jan G. Laarman; Richard R. Perdue
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 907 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0261-5177
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