SITEs revisited: Socioeconomic and demographic contours of small island tourist economies

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-46

  McElroy, Jerome L ^a   Hamma, Perri E ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Island; Life cycle; MIRAB; PROFIT; SITE; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 77953141153     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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