What happened on 'the beach'? Social movements and governance of tourism in Thailand

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-337

  Forsyth, Tim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Environmental discourse; Epiphenomenal; Social movements; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECOTOURISM;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27644444568     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2002.003756     Document Type: Article

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