Muslim travellers, tourism industry responses and the case of Japan

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 339-347

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Halal and haram; Islam; Japan; Muslim tourists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997666997     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2016.1215090     Document Type: Article

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