Ethnic tourism in Lao PDR: gendered divisions of labour in community-based tourism for poverty reduction

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 350-362

  Phommavong, Saithong ^a   Sörensson, Erika ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

community based tourism; ethnic minorities; gender; Lao PDR; pro poor tourism

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER; LABOR DIVISION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TOURISM; VILLAGE;

LAOS;

EID: 84899730981     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.721758     Document Type: Article

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