The passenger vessel services act and America's cruise tourism industry

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Mak, James ^a   Sheehey, Christopher ^a   Toriki, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 76949088260     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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