National capital branding: A comparative case study of Canberra, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Peirce, Sophie ^a   Ritchie, Brent W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canberra; Destination branding; National capital; Nationhood; Wellington

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249210554     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v22n03_06     Document Type: Article

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