Brand(ing) Kinmen: A tourism perspective

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-433

  Zhang, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Battlefield tourism; Island branding; Kinmen (Quemoy); Landscape identity; Local entrepreneur; Place experience; Post cold war Taiwan; Tourism planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950615780     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2010.032402     Document Type: Article

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