Current status of tourist health and safety

Managing Tourist Health and Safety in the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3-15

  Wilks, Jeff ^a   Page, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949180046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080510798     Document Type: Chapter

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