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Benchmarking in Tourism Destinations; Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm

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Bosetti, V., Cassinelli, M., Lanza, A. (2007). Benchmarking in Tourism Destinations; Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm. In: Matias, Á., Nijkamp, P., Neto, P. (eds) Advances in Modern Tourism Research. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1718-8_9

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