Dependency and development in northern Thailand

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-968

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

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency theory; Economic impacts; Leakages; Northern Thailand

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC THEORY; RURAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 77956234974     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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