Webs of power: Multiple ownership in tourism destinations

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-295

  Mottiar, Ziene ^a   Tucker, Hazel ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Courtown; Cross national case studies; G reme; Ireland; Multiple owners; Tourism SMEs; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; OWNERSHIP; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; TURKEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548354982     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167//cit288     Document Type: Article

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