Governance of red tourism in China: Perspectives on power and guanxi

Tourism Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 489-500

  Zhao, Shengnan Nancy ^a   Timothy, Dallen J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Communist heritage; Government involvement; Guanxi; Politics; Power; Red tourism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HERITAGE TOURISM; POLITICAL POWER; STATE ROLE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84907069526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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