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some recent studies and thelr policy implications.
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Interdependence in Southern Africa: Trade and Transportation Links In South, Centrai and East Africa, by Julian Burgess. The Economist Intelligence Unit,
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Ltd. (Spencer House, 27 St. James’s Place, London SWlA lNT, United Kmgdom), July 1976, 93 pp. (softcover) No pnce listed. Discussed in this publication are the domestic and foreign economic conditions of South Africa, Rhodesia, Malawi, Zambia, East Africa, Mozambique, Zaire, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Swaziland. Tables and Map. (TSM) InternatIonaI Travel Market Reviews of Selected Major Tourism Generating Countries, United States Travel Service (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washmgton, D.C. 20230, USA), August 1977, 96 pp. Free. Compiled m the summer of 1977, these international travel market reviews present highlights of the recently completed consumer travel studies conducted by USTS. Residents of 12 major tourist-generating countries were surveyed durmg November 1976 to January 1977, with respect to their travel habits and patterns during Calendar Year 1976. The specific ObJectives of these studies were to determine the incidence of travel to the U.S. in the general populations, characterlsttcs of both actual and potential travelers to the U.S. m terms of demographics, tnp profiles, and traveler, as well as, non-traveler attitudes and image of the U S. as a vacation destination. (The 12 countnes are- Canada, Mexico, Japan, United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Australia, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, and Belgium.) Tables. (MSC) Invest and Retire in Mexico, by Sidney T. Wise, Mexican Financial Advisory Service (Reforma 398-203, Mexico 6, D.F.), Revised Edition Apnl 1973, 128 pp (softcover) No price listed. This book attempts to light the way toward a better understanding of what Mexico offers in the way of investment and retirement. The book discusses the economic condttlon of Mexico. the economic growth during the recent year, economic potentials, investment and business opportumtles, retirement options and cost of living. (TSM) Las Vegas Visitor ProfIle Study, 1976-1977. Prepared by Henry Al Scmllo and Lawrence Dandurand. The Las Vegas Conventlon/Visltors Authority (P 0. Box 14006, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114, USA), 1977, 169 pp. Free. The purpose of the visitor profile study is to produce reliable information about the visitor that is relevant to the Las Vegas community m planning its future growth The report 1s the tenth in a serves issued by Marketing Research & Development, Inc., which planned the study and developed the methodology employed m the research. CONTENTS: Las Vegas Composite Visitor Profile; Las Vegas Visitors; Las Vegas Au-line Visitor, Las Vegas Bus Visitor; Las Vegas Automobile Vlsltor; Las Vegas Convention Visitor; Las Vegas Charter Vlsltor; Las Vegas Junket Visitor; and Appendix. Tables and Charts. Leademhip in the Hospitality Industry, by E.C Nebel III and G. Kent (HSP) Stearns, The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Admmlstratron Quarterly (School of Hotel Admmistration, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, USA), November 1977, pp 69-76. The purpose of this paper IS to bring a mote balanced perspective to the questlcn of leadershrp style and orgamzatlonal performance It reports on survey results which
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