The Consideration of Climate Change at the Tourism Destination Level in Finland: Coordinated Collaboration or Talk about Weather?

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-414

  Tervo Kankare, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 84859518420     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2011.598180     Document Type: Article

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