Transnational Corporations, Globalization, and Tourism

A Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 110-121

  Meethan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global markets; Globalization; Institutional changes; Tourism; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849120496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752272.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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