U.S. tour operators and travel agencies: Barriers encountered when providing package tours to people who have difficulty walking

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-61

  Takeda, Keiko ^a   Card, Jaclyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Package tours; Tour operators; Travel agencies; Travel barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745059485     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v12n01_03     Document Type: Article

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