Is Islamic tourism a viable option for Tunisian tourism? Insights from Djerba

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Carboni, Michele ^a   Perelli, Carlo ^a   Sistu, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a CRENoS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Djerba; Islam; Islamic tourism; Tourism; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897844936     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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