Understanding local power and interactional processes in sustainable tourism: Exploring village-tour operator relations on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-76

  Wearing, Stephen Leslie ^a   Wearing, Michael ^b   McDonald, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotrekking strategy; Foucault; Kokoda track; Papua New Guinea; Power relations; Social interactions; Tourism operators; Villages

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PHILOSOPHY; POWER RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; VILLAGE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 77949356538     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903071995     Document Type: Article

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