Tourism expert perceptions for evaluating climate change impacts on the EuroMediterranean tourism industry

Tourism Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 41-51

  Valls, Josep Francesc ^a   Sardá, Rafael ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Europe; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993058051     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605370910963518     Document Type: Article

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