Do incidents of theft at tourist destinations have a negative effect on tourists' decisions to travel to affected destinations?

Tourism, Security and Safety: From Theory to Practice: First Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 105-124

  Holcomb, Judy ^a   Pizam, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780080458335     Document Type: Chapter

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