Success Factors in Community-Based Tourism in Thailand: The Role of Luck, External Support, and Local Leadership

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-124

  Kontogeorgopoulos, Nick ^a   Churyen, Anuwat ^b   Duangsaeng, Varaphorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 84893006157     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2013.852991     Document Type: Article

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