Do US tour operators' brochures educate the tourist on culturally responsible behaviours? A case study for Kenya

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-284

  Pennington Gray, Lori ^a   Reisinger, Yvette ^b   Kim, Jung Eun ^a   Thapa, Brijesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culturally responsible behaviours; Kenya; tour operators; USTOA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250189271     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766705055719     Document Type: Article

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