Tourism and economic growth: The case of Mauritius

Tourism Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-401

  Durbarry, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Causality; Cointegration; Exports; Growth; Mauritius

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10844241604     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000042430962     Document Type: Article

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