Constructionism and culture in research: Understandings of the fourth Buddhist Festival, Wutaishan, China

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-178

  Ryan, Chris ^a   Gu, Huimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b BEIJING INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buddhism; China; Constructionism; Culture; Festivals; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL TRADITION; FESTIVAL; POLITICS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 70449723675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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