Risky business? Asking tourists what hazards they actually encountered in Thailand

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-365

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Challenging experiences; Crimes; Scams; Thailand; Tourist hazards

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CRIME; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 60949102143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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