Tourism and poverty reduction in Latin America: Where does the region stand?

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-300

  Croes, Robertico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Latin America; Millennium Development Goals; Poverty; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900853345     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/WHATT-03-2014-0010     Document Type: Review

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