Resources and barriers in tourism development: Cross-border cooperation, regionalization and destination building at the Finnish-Swedish border

Fennia

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-46

  Prokkola, Eeva Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; REGIONALIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 58649105852     PISSN: 00150010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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