The Characteristics of Small Island Tourist Economies

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-328

  McElroy, Jerome L ^a   Parry, Courtney E ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

island; life cycle; MIRAB; PROFIT; SITE; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957578719     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.11     Document Type: Article

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