The making of the South African timeshare industry: Spatial structure and development challenges

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 183-201

  Pandy, Wayde R ^a   Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

industry development; South Africa; spatial patterns; timeshare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919650267     PISSN: 17324254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bog-2014-0053     Document Type: Article

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