Destination development and the tourist life-cycle: Implications for entrepreneurship in Alpine tourism

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Weiermair, Klaus ^a   Peters, Mike ^a   Schuckert, Markus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine tourism; Destination life cycle; SMTEs; Tourism entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921654856     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2007.11081526     Document Type: Article

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