The poetics of tourist experience: An autoethnography of a family trip to Eilat

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-157

  Noy, Chaim ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family; Language; Performance; Poetic expression; Qualitative methodology; Travel literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049179311     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jtcc085.0     Document Type: Article

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