Informal sector business tourism and pro-poor tourism: Africa's migrant entrepreneurs

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 153-161

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Business tourism; Informal sector tourism; Migrant entrepreneurs; Sub Saharan Africa: Pro poor tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904091141     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n16p153     Document Type: Article

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