Labor Mobility and Market Structure in Tourism

A Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-145

  Riley, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Labor mobility; Market structure; Tourism; Trans national migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548237469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752272.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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