Trampling paradise: dream vacation--environmental nightmare?

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  • D J Tenenbaum
چکیده

T 's a small world after all. At least, that's what the millions of tourists who take to the skies, roads, and paths each year to discover it are finding. Advances in technology and transportation and the emergence of a global economy are providing greater access for unprecedented numbers of travelers to explore the once-remote world around them. Directly and indirectly, however, tourism may often also be harming the very environment that lures so many people

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

دوره 108  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000