Tourism commodity chains: Market entry and its effects on St Lucia

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 436-458

  Mosedale, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity Chains; Market entry; St Lucia; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

MERGER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 33749175380     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit271.0     Document Type: Article

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