An empirical validation of the travel balance approach as an alternative to the tourism area life cycle

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Toh, Rex S ^a   Khan, Habibullah ^b   Yap, Irene Siew Leng ^c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Trade and Industry   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extended tourism life cycle; Travel balance approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843067282     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354203108750058     Document Type: Article

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