How to compete for a place in the world with a hand tied behind your back: The case of air transport services in Girona

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-529

  Bel, Germà ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airlines; Airports; Low cost companies; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; TOURISM; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349168718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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