Transforming tourism spaces in changing socio-political contexts: The case of Pärnu, Estonia, as a tourist destination

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-473

  Saarinen, Jarkko ^a   Kask, Tiit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Destination; Development; Estonia; Transformation; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55349090687     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680802434072     Document Type: Article

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