Is it feasible? positioning feasibility analysis as a valuable tool for assessing a potential tourism development

Tourism and Hospitality, Planning and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-394

  Currie, Russell R ^a   Wesley, Franz ^a  

^a KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78650063046     PISSN: 1479053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1479053X.2010.520465     Document Type: Article

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