Can community-based tourism contribute to sustainable development? Evidence from residents’ perceptions of the sustainability

Tourism Management

Volumn 70, Issue , 2019, Pages 368-380

  Lee, Tsung Hung ^a   Jan, Fen Hauh ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TRANSWORLD UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community based tourism; Importance performance analysis; Resident; Sustainability; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 85053397879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.09.003     Document Type: Article

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