Death in paradise: Tourist fatalities in the tsunami disaster in Thailand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-199

  Cohen, Erik ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coastal, tourism; Life cycle; Management; Reciprocal, altruism; Safety; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; SAFETY; TOURISM; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67650822870     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802531141     Document Type: Article

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