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Tourism consumption and tourist behaviour: A British perspective

Gareth Shaw Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK
,
Sheela Agarwal Centre for Tourism, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
&
Paul Bull Department of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Pages 264-289 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010

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