Characteristics and goals of rural family business owners in tourism and hospitality: A developing country perspective

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-326

  Zhao, Weibing ^a   Getz, Donald ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Developing countries; Family business; Goals; Rural tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979887664     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2008.11081554     Document Type: Article

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