Why 'the tourism industry' is misleading as a generic expression: The case for the plural variation, 'tourism industries'

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-251

  Leiper, Neil ^a  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Business strategies; Government policies; Tourism industries; Tourism industry

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; TOURISM;

EID: 36549071945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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