Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic: towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland

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Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic : towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland. / Pasgaard, M.; Fold, N.; Meilby, H.; Kalvig, P.

In: Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography, Vol. 121, No. 1, 2021, p. 15-29.

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Pasgaard, M, Fold, N, Meilby, H & Kalvig, P 2021, 'Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic: towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland', Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2020.1869574

APA

Pasgaard, M., Fold, N., Meilby, H., & Kalvig, P. (2021). Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic: towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland. Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography, 121(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2020.1869574

Vancouver

Pasgaard M, Fold N, Meilby H, Kalvig P. Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic: towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland. Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography. 2021;121(1):15-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2020.1869574

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Pasgaard, M. ; Fold, N. ; Meilby, H. ; Kalvig, P. / Reviewing tourism and natural resource research in the Arctic : towards a local understanding of sustainable tourism in the case of South Greenland. In: Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography. 2021 ; Vol. 121, No. 1. pp. 15-29.

Bibtex

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