Tourism development in China: Its nature, the changing market and business opportunities

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-136

  Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Economic decentralisation; Ecotourism; Foreign investment; Joint ventures; Regional inequality; Tourism development; Tourism markets; Tourism planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005511803     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676679600200203     Document Type: Article

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5. Ibid, p. 533.
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11. Ibid., table 16.3.
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27. The Gini coefficient can vary between zero and unity. The degree of inequality indicated is higher the higher is this coefficient. For more information see Pearce, D. W. (ed.) (1992) 'The Macmillan Dictionary of Modern Economics', 4th edn., Macmillan, London.
28. For details of these estimates see Wen, J. and Tisdell, C.A. (1996) 'Regional Inequality and Decentralisation of China's Tourism Industry ', Proceedings of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference 1996, Australian Tourism Bureau, Canberra, in press.
29. Personal communication, Director of the Tourism Development Bureau of Xishuangbanna, October 1994.