Post-colonial politics and resurgent heritage: The development of Kyrgyzstan's heritage tourism product

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 370-382

  Thompson, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Heritage; Kyrgyzstan; Nationalism; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; ETHNICITY; NATIONALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10344235230     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500408667991     Document Type: Article

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