Informal Sector Business Tourism in the Global South: Evidence from Maseru, Lesotho

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 485-502

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a   Letsie, Tokelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Business tourism; Domestic tourism; Informal sector tourism; Lesotho; Maseru

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CAPITAL CITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM; TYPOLOGY;

LESOTHO; MASERU;

EID: 84886802634     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-013-9196-y     Document Type: Article

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