The role of community involvement and number/type of visitors on tourism impacts: A controlled comparison of Annapurna, Nepal and Northwest Yunnan, China

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1373-1385

  Nyaupane, Gyan P ^a   Morais, Duarte B ^b   Dowler, Lorraine ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annapurna; Community involvement; Controlled comparison; Northwest Yunnan; Number type of tourists; Socioeconomic impacts

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANNAPURNA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANDAKI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; YUNNAN;

EID: 33746497910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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