Destination competitiveness of middle eastern countries: An examination of relative positioning

Anatolia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Gursoy, Dogan ^a   Baloglu, Seyhmus ^b   Chi, Christina G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Middle Eastern countries; Motive; Perceptual map; Tourism indices

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67449151890     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2009.10518901     Document Type: Article

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