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Nicaragua's Buen Vivir: a strategy for tourism development?

Josh Fisher
- 03 Apr 2019 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 4, pp 452-471
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Although often framed as an emerging anthropocenic socio-ecological imaginary, the Latin American paradigm of Buen Vivir has provided a broad base of support for tourism development in the region.
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Although often framed as an emerging anthropocenic socio-ecological imaginary, the Latin American paradigm of Buen Vivir has provided a broad base of support for tourism development in the region. ...

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