Ethnic tourism: A framework and an application

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-570

  Yang, Li ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; China; Commodification; Ethnic minorities; Ethnic tourism; Ethnicity; Tourism planning; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

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

EID: 67349170337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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