Gringolandia: The construction of a new tourist space in Mexico

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 314-335

  Torres, Rebecca Maria ^a   Momsen, Janet D ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancun; Globalization; Mexico; Migration; Tourism; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CANCUN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 27844507006     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00462.x     Document Type: Review

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