The image of central Asia countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Kantarci, Kemal ^a,b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia countries; Comparative advantage; Competitive advantage; Image

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954590722     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354207782212468     Document Type: Article

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