Gay tourism in South Africa: Issues from the Cape Town experience

Urban Forum

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-94

  Visser, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0002947079     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-002-0004-3     Document Type: Review

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