Corporate strategies of British tour operators in the Mediterranean region: An economic geography approach

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-304

  Papatheodorou, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration indexes; Correlation analysis; Mediterranean region; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY; CORRELATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042656571     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680309713     Document Type: Article

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