Budgets, pricing policies and user fees in Canadian parks' tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-235

  Van Sickle, Kerry ^a   Eagles, Paul F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; NATIONAL PARKS; PRICING POLICY; RECREATION FACILITY; TOURISM INDUSTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031853940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(98)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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