Destination marketing research: Issues and challenges

Destination Marketing and Management: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 99-112

  Uysal, Muzaffer ^a   Harrill, Rich ^b   Woo, Eunju ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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