Economic impacts of cruise tourism: The case of Costa Rica

Anatolia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-338

  Brida, Juan Gabriel ^a   Zapata, Sandra ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b Epidemiology Section   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Cruise industry; Economic impacts

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPENDITURE; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79960805670     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2010.9687106     Document Type: Article

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