Attitude of communities toward rural tourism development

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue SPL.ISSUE10, 2013, Pages 311-322

  Lo, May Chiun ^a   Ramayah, T ^b   Songan, Peter ^a   Nair, Vikneswaran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Communities; Environment; Resources; Rural tourism; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885133343     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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