Using tourist travel habits and preferences to assess strategic destination positioning: The case of Costa Rica

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-281

  Liu, Zhaoping ^a   Siguaw, Judy A ^b   Enz, Cathy A ^a  

^a Cornell University School of Hotel Administration ^*  (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Destination management; Ecotourism; Plog destination life cycle; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849090234     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965508322007     Document Type: Article

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