Tourists' experiences of film locations: New Zealand as 'Middle-Earth'

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-63

  Carl, Daniela ^a   Kindon, Sara ^b   Smith, Karen ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Film tourism; Iconic landscape; Lord of the Rings (LOTR); New Zealand; Tourists' experience

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34547397377     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680601092881     Document Type: Article

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