Barriers to community capacity building for tourism development in communities in Shiraz, Iran

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-359

  Aref, Fariborz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers of tourism; Community capacity building; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

FARS; IRAN; SHIRAZ;

EID: 79952665425     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.517314     Document Type: Article

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