Hosting major meetings and accompanying protestors: Singapore 2006

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-557

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anti globalisation protests; Meetings and conference tourism; Politics and tourism; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39149141414     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit322.0     Document Type: Article

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