The mining sector and indigenous tourism development in Weipa, Queensland

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 597-606

  Buultjens, Jeremy ^a   Brereton, David ^b   Memmott, Paul ^b   Reser, Joseph ^b   Thomson, Linda ^b   O'Rourke, Tim ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Employment; Indigenous tourism development; Mining

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MINING INDUSTRY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; WEIPA;

EID: 77952319576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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