Tourism and new economic geography: Issues and challenges in moving from advocacy to adoption

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 312-324

  Coles, Tim ^a   Liasidou, Sotiroula ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution channels; Epistemology; Ethodology; Geography; Innovation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650499609     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400802508390     Document Type: Article

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