Developing Rural Tourism: The PAT Program and 'Nong jia le' Tourism in China

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 611-619

  Su, Baoren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

'Nong jia le' tourism; PAT program; Rural China; Rural tourism

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84887191070     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1903     Document Type: Article

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