The impacts of tourism at a UNESCO heritage site in China - a need for a meta-narrative? The case of the Kaiping diaolou

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-765

  Ryan, Chris ^a   Chaozhi, Zhang ^b   Zeng, Deng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Destination planning; Tourism development; Tourism impacts; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; HERITAGE TOURISM; HOLISTIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 79960485259     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.544742     Document Type: Article

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