The social construction of tourist places

Australian Geographer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-389

  Young, Martin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daintree and Cape Tribulation area; Far North Queensland; Place meanings; Place promotion; Quantitative assessment; Social constructions; Tourism

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033395376     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189993648     Document Type: Article

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