Tourism and spaces of anonymity: An Israeli lesbian woman's travel experience

Tourism

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Poria, Yoniv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diary; Israel; Lesbian; Tourist experience

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HOMOSEXUALITY; LIFESTYLE; TOURISM; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

LESBIA;

EID: 33646722546     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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