Balamory revisited: An evaluation of the screen tourism destination-tourist nexus

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-207

  Connell, Joanne ^a   Meyer, Denny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Film; Film tourism; Movie; Scotland; Television; Tourist experiences; Visitors

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; MODELING; TELEVISION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58349109726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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