Indigenous and democratic decision-making: Issues from community-based ecotourism in the boumā National Heritage Park, Fiji

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 817-835

  Farrelly, Trisia Angela ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community participation; Democracy; Ecotourism; Fiji; Governance; Vanua

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ECOTOURISM; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; VILLAGE;

FIJI; VANUA LEVU;

EID: 79961232052     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.553390     Document Type: Article

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