Authenticity in ethnic tourism: Domestic tourists' perspectives

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-254

  Yang, Li ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; China; Ethnic minorities; Ethnic tourism; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; PERCEPTION; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

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

EID: 69549096445     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802406880     Document Type: Article

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