A three-sector comparison of the business performance of small tourism enterprises: An exploratory study

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 681-690

  Reichel, Arie ^a   Haber, Sigal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Active recreation; Performance; Sites of interest; Small tourism ventures

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TOURISM;

EID: 20544446074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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