Backpackers and empowered local communities: Natural allies in the struggle for sustainability and local control?

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-86

  Westerhausen, Klaus ^a   Macbeth, Jim ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backpacker; Community development; Drifter tourism; Resort cycle; Tourism infrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037325114     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461668032000034088     Document Type: Article

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