Challenges faced by rural/remote tourism businesses on Vancouver Island: an exploratory study

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-320

  Siemens, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84986159869     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506200710833818     Document Type: Article

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