Developing sustainable tourism: Managers' assessment of Jamaica's ten-year master plan

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-155

  Kennett Hensel, Pamela A ^a   Sneath, Julie Z ^a   Hensel, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brands; Community planning; Jamaica; Strategic planning; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077017     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506181011045217     Document Type: Article

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