The politics of tourism: A perspective from the maldives

Tourismos

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-115

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Destination marketing; Politics; Religion; The maldives

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651488699     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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