Space and place for base: On the evolution of a base-jumping attraction image

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-117

  Hallin, Carina A ^a   Mykletun, Reidar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adventure travel; Attraction; Base jumping; Extreme sports; Image; Kjerag; Lysefjord; Sports tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249169486     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250600667466     Document Type: Article

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