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Current Issues in Method and Practice

Participatory Action Research for the assessment of Community-Based Rural Tourism: a case study of co-construction of tourism sustainability indicators in Mexico

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Pages 2083-2100 | Received 24 May 2021, Accepted 30 Jan 2022, Published online: 20 Feb 2022

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