A comparative study of the spatial descriptions in tourist guidebooks

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 249-269

  Suzuki, Koshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Japan and USA; Spatial information transmission; Tourist guidebooks; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAP; SPATIAL DATA; TOURISM;

EID: 0142104248     PISSN: 02896001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.76.249     Document Type: Article

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