A critical analysis of the 2007-2009 global financial and economic crisis and its implications for the travel industry and associated businesses

Inhaltsangabe:Introduction: At present (spring 2009), the world experiences one of the most severe economic crises in post-WWII history, precipitated mainly by the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis which became apparent to the broad public in 2007. In 2008, the U.S. sub-prime crisis turned into a global financial crisis, and subsequently into a global economic downturn that forced numerous countries...