Economic profitability of accessible tourism for the tourism sector in Spain

Tourism Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1385-1399

  Domínguez, Trinidad ^a   Fraiz, Jose A ^a   Alén, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessible tourism; Disability; Economic profitability; Market opportunity; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84892723259     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0246     Document Type: Article

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