Tourism experience management research: Emergence, evolution and future directions

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-438

  Brent Ritchie, J R ^a   Wing Sun Tung, Vincent ^a   Ritchie, Robin J b ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Research; Serials; Tourism; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957656412     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111129968     Document Type: Article

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