Chinese calligraphy and tourism: From cultural heritage to landscape symbol and media of the tourism industry

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-548

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Tang, Wenyue ^a   Shi, Chunyun ^a   Liu, Zehua ^a   Wang, Xia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calligraphic landscape; Calligraphy; Regional context; Symbolic space; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SYMBOLISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58049094390     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802475836     Document Type: Article

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