The politics of perception: Legislative images of the tourism industry in Virginia and North Carolina

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 368-378

  McGehee, Nancy G ^a   Meng, Fang ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perception of tourism; Politics and tourism; State legislatures

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; POLITICS; TOURISM;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33645739483     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287505282953     Document Type: Article

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