Research note: Millennium development goals - What is tourism's place?

Tourism Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-430

  Christie, Iain T ^a   Sharma, Amit ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Private sector; Tourism and development

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 44649171085     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008784460346     Document Type: Article

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