Tourism and the state in Cuba: From the past to the future

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-254

  Sharpley, Richard ^a   Knight, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castro; Cuba; Cuban Political economy; Tourism and the State

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 67649552764     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.685     Document Type: Article

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