Understanding the Effects of a Tourism Crisis: The Impact of the BP Oil Spill on Regional Lodging Demand

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-25

  Ritchie, Brent W ^a   Crotts, John C ^b   Zehrer, Anita ^c   Volsky, George T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^c MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d HomeAway   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis Management; Displacement; Gulf Oil Spill

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; OIL SPILL; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84888380356     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513482775     Document Type: Article

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