Impacts of the global financial crisis on African tourism: A tourism confidence index analysis

Tourism and Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 94-112

  Mihalič, Tanja ^a   Kester, John ^b   Dwyer, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Trends and Policy at the United Nations World Tourism Organization   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84883677505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203114049     Document Type: Chapter

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