The Parkes Elvis Revival Festival: Economic development and contested place identities in rural Australia

Geographical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-84

  Brennan Horley, Chris ^a   Connell, John ^b   Gibson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic development; Elvis Presley; Festivals; Parkes; Place identity; Rural and regional Australia; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FESTIVAL; PLACE NAME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846799199     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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