Local uniqueness in the global village: Heritage tourism in singapore

Professional Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-103

  Chang, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Global; Heritage; Local; Singapore; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002534649     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00149     Document Type: Article

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