The problem of 'Guanxi' for actualizing community tourism: A case study of relationship networking in China

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-138

  Li, Yiping ^a   Lai, Kun ^a   Feng, Xuegang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Community tourism; Guanxi; Jiang Zemin; Jiangcun Village

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NETWORKING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; VILLAGE;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248227382     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680701278489     Document Type: Article

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