Lao tourism and poverty alleviation: Community-based tourism and the private sector

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 194-230

  Harrison, David ^a,b   Schipani, Steven ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lao Tourism National Tourism Administration   (Laos)

Author keywords

Community based tourism; Development; Lao PDR; Private sector tourism; Pro poor tourism

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAOS; MEKONG BASIN; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250195677     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit310.0     Document Type: Article

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