Alternative tourism: New forms of tourism in Bethlehem for the Palestinian tourism industry

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-36

  Isaac, Rami Khalil ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Identity; Politics and tourism; Private sector tourism; Special interest tourism

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PRIVATE SECTOR; TOURISM; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BETHLEHEM; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

EID: 72249106414     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802495677     Document Type: Article

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