Tourism, the global city and the labour market in London

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-228

  Church, Andrew ^a   Frost, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global city; Labour markets; London; Tourism; Workers

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORLD CITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542433337     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461668042000208462     Document Type: Article

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