Tourism and poverty alleviation: Perceptions and experiences of poor people in Sapa, Vietnam

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1071-1089

  Truong, V Dao ^a,b   Hall, C Michael ^b,c,d,e   Garry, Tony ^f  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

barefoot economics; gender; hunger; poverty reduction; pro poor tourism

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HUNGER; PERCEPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

SAPA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84903273028     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.871019     Document Type: Article

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