Prospects for Latin America and Caribbean Region in the Global Market for International Tourism: A Projection to the Year 2020Footnote

The author thanks the Development Data Group (DECDG) of the World Bank for providing the data for this research. Insightful comments and recommendations on the initial manuscript by the anonymous reviewers of the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing are greatly appreciated.

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