Foreign investment in tourism and small island developing states

Tourism Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-638

  Barrowclough, Diana ^a  

^a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foreign investment; Policy issues; Small island developing states; Sustainable development; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 38349050475     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007782696122     Document Type: Article

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