A tale of two parks: Tibetan youths’ preferences for tourism community futures

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 359-379

  Wu, Mao Ying ^a   Pearce, Philip L ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

a comparative approach; community development styles; hosts' preferences; Tibetan young hosts; tourism community futures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961202210     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2016.1156687     Document Type: Article

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