Publication: WeTour 2019 Survey Results: Women Tourism SMEs and MSMEs in Ghana
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2019-12-31
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2024-06-18
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“World Bank. 2019. WeTour 2019 Survey Results: Women Tourism SMEs and MSMEs in Ghana. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41737 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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