Community involvement and sustainable rural tourism development: Perspectives from the local communities

European Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-146

  Fong, Sook Fun ^a   Lo, May Chiun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Community sustainable rural tourism development; Decision making; Empowerment; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946057744     PISSN: 19947658     EISSN: 13140817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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