Profit, responsibility, and the moral economy of tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-250

  Su, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Hua ^b   Wen, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Indigenous entrepreneurs; Lijiang; Moral economy; Profit making; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84886596578     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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