The big catch: Negotiating the transition from commercial fisher to tourism entrepreneur in Island environments

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-283

  Lovelock, Brent ^a   Lovelock, Kirsten ^a   Normann, Øystein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Island tourism; New Zealand; Peripheral commercial fishing

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ISLAND; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

EID: 77955884639     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2010.503616     Document Type: Article

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