Entrepreneurial performance and challenges for aboriginal small tourism businesses: A Canadian case

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-287

  Williams, Peter W ^a   Peters, Mike ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aboriginal tourism; British Columbia; Small business entrepreneurs; Tourism product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979917109     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2008.11081551     Document Type: Article

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