Which homeport in Europe: The cruise industry's selection criteria

Tourismos

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-240

  Lekakou, Maria B ^a   Pallis, Athanasios A ^a   Vaggelas, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cruise industry; Home ports; Ports competition; Ports of call; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651517545     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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