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Role of Railway Transport in Tourism: Selected Problems and Examples in Slovakia Cover

Role of Railway Transport in Tourism: Selected Problems and Examples in Slovakia

By: Daniel Michniak  
Open Access
|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 107 - 120
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2015
Published on: Dec 22, 2016
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
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