Low-cost air travel: Social inclusion or social exclusion?

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-56

  Baum, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air travel; Low cost airlines; Social exclusion; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846322179     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830406778493524     Document Type: Article

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