Holidays of the Irish diaspora: The pull of the 'homeland'?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Hughes, Howard ^a   Allen, Danielle ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Friends and relatives; Homeland; Identity

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 72249119064     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802495669     Document Type: Article

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