Coinciding crises and tourism in contemporary Thailand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 455-475

  Cohen, Erik ^a   Neal, Mark ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airports; Coinciding crises; Sociology of tourism; Thailand; Tourism crises

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 77956865770     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2010.491898     Document Type: Article

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