Tourists’ expectations and perceptions of the robben Island museum—a world heritage site

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-169

  Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a   Haydam, Norbert ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural tourism; Museums and social responsibility; Robben Island museum; South Africa; Tourism; World heritage site

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444365834     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770500502002     Document Type: Article

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