Sustainable development of rural tourism in an Giang Province, Vietnam

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Long, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Nguyen, Thanh Lam ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Lac Hong University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agricultural tourism; An Giang; Revisit intention; Rural tourism; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

LIFE SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AN GIANG; VIET NAM;

EID: 85044420816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10040953     Document Type: Article

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