Travel agents' health and safety advice

Managing Tourist Health and Safety in the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 117-126

  Wilks, Jeff ^a   Pendergast, Donna ^a   Holzheimer, Leisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84949178106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080510798     Document Type: Chapter

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