From leakages to linkages: Local-level strategies for capturing tourism revenue in northern Thailand

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-99

  Lacher, R Geoffrey ^a   Nepal, Sanjay K ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative tourism; Economic impacts; Leakage; Northern Thailand; Village level strategies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; VILLAGE;

THAILAND;

EID: 77949401109     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680903493654     Document Type: Article

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