Community-based cultural tourism: Issues, threats and opportunities

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-22

  Salazar, Noel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Community; Cultural tourism; Representation; Tanzania; Tour guiding

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; HERITAGE TOURISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84856182810     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.596279     Document Type: Article

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