Tourism, peace, politics and ideology: Impacts of the Mt. Gumgang tour project in the Korean Peninsula

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 675-685

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

North Korea; Peace; Policy; Resort destination; South Korea; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; PEACE PROCESS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KWANGWON-DO; MOUNT GUMGANG; NORTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0346281736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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