Tourism in the sacred Indian Himalayas: An incipient theology of tourism?

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-389

  Singh, Shalini ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Theology of tourism

Indexed keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750986795     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660600931226     Document Type: Article

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