Tourism research in and about Tibet: Employing a system for reviewing regional tourism studies

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-72

  Wu, Mao Ying ^a   Pearce, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

benchmarking comparisons; nationality and research; regional development; Tibet; tourism research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874582763     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358411434973     Document Type: Article

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