Networks, citizenship behaviours and destination effectiveness: a comparative study of two Chinese rural tourism destinations

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2015, Pages 1318-1340

  Ying, Tianyu ^a   Jiang, Jiajiang ^b   Zhou, Yongguang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

community citizenship behaviours; destination effectiveness; rural tourism; social capital; social network analysis; tourism operators

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84943451469     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1031672     Document Type: Article

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