Railway Tourism: An Opportunity to Diversify Tourism in Mexico

Railway Heritage and Tourism: Global Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-165

  Camargo, Blanca A ^a   Gabriela Garza, C ^a   Morales, Marel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

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