Tourists' perceptions of the Canada-USA border as a barrier to tourism at the International Peace Garden

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-421

  Timothy, Dallen J ^a   Tosun, Cevat ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Border formalities; Canada; International borders; Perceived barriers; United States

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043232798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(02)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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