Rise and fall of community-based tourism - facilitators, inhibitors and outcomes

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-276

  Tasci, Asli D A ^a   Croes, Robertico ^a   Villanueva, Jorge Bartels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Collaborative destination marketing; Community based tourism; Costa Rica; Destination branding; Poverty alleviation; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900869737     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/WHATT-03-2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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