May we live in less interesting times? Changing public sector support for tourism in England during the sovereign debt crisis

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 4-7

  Coles, Tim ^a   Dinan, Claire ^a   Hutchison, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalition; DMOs; England; Governance; Government; LEPs; RDAs; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873459960     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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