Residents' attitudes and perception towards tourism development: A case study of Masooleh, Iran

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1233-1236

  Zamani Farahani, Hamira ^a   Musa, Ghazali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heritage; Local people; Masooleh (Iran); Tourism development

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; MASOOLEH; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 52049106856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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