Urban beaches, virtual worlds and 'the end of tourism'

Mobilities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-138

  Gale, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'The end of tourism'; Globalisation; Massively Multiplayer Online Social Games; Paris Plage; Second Life; Tourism mobilities; Urban beaches; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CAPITALISM; GLOBALIZATION; MOBILITY; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 59749095769     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100802657996     Document Type: Article

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