Reaching out to the gay tourist: opportunities and threats in an emerging market segment

Tourism Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-282

  Pritchard, Annette ^a   Morgan, Nigel J ^a   Sedgely, Diane ^a   Jenkins, Andrew ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Christelijke Hogeschool   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAY PEOPLE; PUBLIC SPACE; SEXUAL IDENTITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AMSTERDAM; ENGLAND; MANCHESTER; NETHERLANDS; UK;

EID: 0031662035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(98)80016-2     Document Type: Article

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