Tourism in Kenya: An analysis of strategic issues and challenges

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-56

  Mayaka, Melphon Angwenyi ^a,b   Prasad, Haushila ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Destination competitiveness; PESTEL model; Strategic issues; Sustainable tourism development; Tourism industry; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861165940     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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