An assessment of the business environment for small tourism ventures development in the gaming city of macao

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 297-318

  Wan, Penny Yim King ^a   Kong, Weng Hang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

Author keywords

Business environment; Gaming city; Macao; Small tourism ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958102759     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160802505721     Document Type: Article

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