Destination competitiveness

International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 419-433

  Crouch, Geoffrey I ^a   Ritchie, J R Brent ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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