Tourism and the general agreement on trade in services: Sustainability and other developmental concerns

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 136-146

  George, Babu P ^a   Henthorne, Tony L ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Sustainable development; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846397170     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290710726702     Document Type: Article

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