Ethnic tourism and entrepreneurship: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 522-544

  Yang, Li ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurship; Ethnic tourism; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 55349102703     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680802434130     Document Type: Article

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