Developing and testing a suite of institutional indices to underpin the measurement and management of tourism destination transformation

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-171

  McLennan, Char Lee J ^a   Moyle, Brent D ^b   Ruhanen, Lisa M ^c   Ritchie, Brent W ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Businesses; Indices; Institutions; Performance measurement; Tourism; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881620188     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354213X13645733247693     Document Type: Article

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