A cautionary tale of a resort destination's self-inflicted crisis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Pike, Steven ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination competitiveness; Government intervention; History; Public private partnership; Regional tourism organisation; Tourism crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349137447     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v23n02_06     Document Type: Article

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