Positioning the city product as an international tourist destination: Evidence from South Africa

Tourism

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-155

  Prayag, Girish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Cape Town; City competitiveness; City marketing; Correspondence analysis; Destination image; Destination positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547163848     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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