Perceptions of foreign investors on the tourism market in central Asia including Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 820-829

  Kantarci, Kemal ^a,b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asian States; Foreign direct investment; Foreign investor

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; PERCEPTION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 43849091776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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