Gaining access for research. Reflections from Experience

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-26

  Okumus, Fevzi ^a   Altinay, Levent ^b   Roper, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study; qualitative; research and access

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; TOURISM;

EID: 33845952303     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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