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Collaborative Strategies and Tourist Competitiveness in Medium Mountain Destinations: Study on the Positioning of Tourist Actors in the Natural Park of Serra da Estrela Cover

Collaborative Strategies and Tourist Competitiveness in Medium Mountain Destinations: Study on the Positioning of Tourist Actors in the Natural Park of Serra da Estrela

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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2021-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
Language: English
Page range: 121 - 134
Submitted on: Sep 13, 2020
Accepted on: Apr 26, 2021
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
Published by: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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