Winter Sport Tourism: Working in Winter Wonderlands

Winter Sport Tourism: Working in Winter Wonderlands
ISBN-10
1910158410
ISBN-13
9781910158418
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-09-01
Publisher
Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
Authors
Simon Hudson, Louise Hudson

Description

A complete insight into the ever-growing snow sports industry, looking at changing demographics, climate change and how these issues can be managed.

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