Tourism development and the disempowerment of host residents: types and formative mechanisms

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 717-740

  Han, Guosheng ^a   Wu, Peilin ^a   Huang, Yuehwen ^b   Yang, Zhao ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; community development; community based tourism; tourism development; tourism disempowerment; tourism empowerment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; EMPOWERMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 84911374583     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2014.957718     Document Type: Article

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