Mega-events as drivers of community participation in developing countries: The case of Shanghai World Expo

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1474-1483

  Lamberti, Lucio ^a   Noci, Giuliano ^a   Guo, Jurong ^b   Zhu, Shichang ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Community participation; Developing countries; Mega events; World Expo

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOTOURISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 79960340657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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