Heroes and villains - Tour operator and media response to crisis: An exploration of press handling strategies by UK adventure tour operators

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 394-423

  Stanbury, Jane ^a,b   Pryer, Melvyn ^a   Roberts, Andy ^a  

^a Birmingham College   (United Kingdom)

^b Balearic Discovery   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adventure tourism; Business strategy; Crisis; Media; Press; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; MEDIA INDUSTRY; TOURISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644570757     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500508668225     Document Type: Article

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