Keeping up with the Joneses: Tourists, Travellers, and the Quest for Cultural Authenticity in Southern Thailand

Tourist Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-203

  Kontogeorgopoulos, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

adventure; alternative; authenticity; backpackers; classes status; new middle; Thailand; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544435571     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797603041631     Document Type: Article

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