Planned tourism development in Quintana Roo, Mexico: Engine for regional development or prescription for inequitable growth?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-285

  Torres, Rebecca ^a   Momsen, Janet ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancun; Development; Maya; Mexico; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044457121     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500508668218     Document Type: Review

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