Prospects for latin america and Caribbean Region in the global market for international tourism: A projection to the year 2020

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-59

  Oyewole, Philemon ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International tourism; Latin America and Caribbean; Marketing strategy; Projection; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149096063     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400802656777     Document Type: Article

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