Heritage tourism and identity in the Mauritian villages of Chamarel and Le Morne

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-295

  Boswell, Rosabelle ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HERITAGE TOURISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 21344459757     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070500109466     Document Type: Article

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