Authenticating ethnic tourism: Li dancer's perspectives

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Wall, Geoffrey ^a   Xie, Philip Feifan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; China; Culture; Dance; Ethnicity; Hainan

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; WORLD;

EID: 21044440863     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1094166042000330191     Document Type: Article

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