Misguided policy initiatives in small-island destinations: Why do up-market tourism policies fail?

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  Ioannides, Dimitri ^a   Holcomb, Briavel ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Island tourism; Mass tourism; Sustainable tourism; Up market tourism

Indexed keywords

POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY STRATEGY; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037330753     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461668032000034051     Document Type: Article

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