Toward a community-driven development model of rural tourism: The Chinese experience

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-271

  Zou, Tongqian ^a   Ding, Peiyi ^c  

^a BEIJING INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sam)   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; China; Community participation; Community driven development; Rural tourism; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODELING; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84897959108     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1925     Document Type: Article

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