Enclaves and ethnic ties: The local impacts of Singaporean cross-border tourism in Malaysia and Indonesia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-253

  Hampton, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borders; Enclaves; Impacts; Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; ENCLAVE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; LABOR MIGRATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77955136271     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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