Dive tourism and local communities: Active participation or subject to impacts? Case studies from malaysia

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 507-520

  Daldeniz, Bilge ^a   Hampton, Mark P ^b,c  

^a University of Kent ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dive tourism; Economic impacts; Host communities; Local participation

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DIVING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; TOURISM;

EAST MALAYSIA; MABUL ISLAND; MALAYSIA; REDANG; SABAH; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84880850493     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1897     Document Type: Article

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