House of cards - An analysis of Macao's resident support for tourism and casino development

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 144-157

  McCartney, Glenn ^a   In, Winnie Lei Weng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Casino tourism; Community impacts; Resident attitudes; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971645591     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358415600215     Document Type: Article

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