Social distance between residents and international tourists-Implications for international business

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-469

  Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^a   Penz, Elfriede ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Group conflict; International tourism; Similarity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249206616     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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