Ministers' statements: A policy implementation instrument for sustainable tourism?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-532

  Yüksel, Atila ^a   Yüksel, Fisun ^a   Culha, Osman ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

media; policy statements; public communication; sustainable tourism; tourism ministers; tourism policy

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; MEDIA ROLE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

TURKEY;

EID: 84859749234     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.617823     Document Type: Article

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