Tourism from above and below: Globalization, localization and New Orleans's Mardi Gras

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-326

  Gotham, Kevin Fox ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTIVAL; GLOBALIZATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744543367     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00586.x     Document Type: Review

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