Assessing the tourism potential of smaller cultural and heritage attractions

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-488

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Ho, Pamela S Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attractions; Cultural tourism; Product

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33749410868     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost     Document Type: Article

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