Implementing STD on a Small Island: Development and Use of Sustainable Tourism Development Indicators in Samoa

@article{TwiningWard2002ImplementingSO,
  title={Implementing STD on a Small Island: Development and Use of Sustainable Tourism Development Indicators in Samoa},
  author={Louise D Twining-Ward and Richard Butler},
  journal={Journal of Sustainable Tourism},
  year={2002},
  volume={10},
  pages={363 - 387},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154442062}
}
Small island states present a significant challenge in terms of sustainable tourism development. On a small island there are limited resources, economic and social activities tend to be concentrated… 
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