Revitalizing Japan’s Mountainous Areas through Green Tourism: A Human Geographical Perspective
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Issues in Social Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2329-521X
DOI: 10.5296/iss.v2i1.5340