Chapter 9 Myanmar: Opening for Tourism

DOI: 10.23912/9781910158814-3440	ISBN: 9781910158814
Published: March 2017	Component type: chapter
Published in: Tourism & Political Change 2nd edition	Parent DOI: 10.23912/9781910158814-3160

10.23912/9781910158814-3440

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• Wantanee Suntikul, Institute For Tourism Studies (Author) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-6024
• Paul Rogers (Author)

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• Richard Butler, University of Strathclyde (Editor)
• Wantanee Suntikul, Institute For Tourism Studies (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-6024

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Suntikul & Rogers, 2017

Suntikul, W. & Rogers, P. (2017) "Chapter 9 Myanmar: Opening for Tourism" In: Butler, R. & Suntikul, W. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781910158814-3440

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