Tourist images of Greenland and the Arctic: A perception analysis

Polar Record

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-166

  Hübner, Anna ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; POLAR REGION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 67649663918     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247408007936     Document Type: Article

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