Influence of politics and media in the perceptions of Turkey as a tourism destination

Tourism Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Kozak, Metin ^a   Gnoth, Juergen ^a   Andreu, Luisa ^a   Alvarez, Maria D ^a   Korzay, Meral ^a  

^a Department of Tourism ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Information media; Perception; Politics; Tourism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944036     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605370810883932     Document Type: Article

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