Representation and images of people, place and nature in Grenada's tourism

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Nelson, Velvet ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grenada; Promotional materials; Semiotics; Tourism; Tourist destination image

Indexed keywords

IMAGERY; MARKETING; TOURISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADA; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; WORLD;

EID: 21244499658     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2005.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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