The elusiveness of sustainability in tourism: The culture-ideology of consumerism and its implications

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-129

  Higgins Desbiolles, Freya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capitalist globalisation; Corporatised tourism; Culture ideology of consumerism; Right to travel; Sustainability in tourism; V alues in tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950666818     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2009.31     Document Type: Article

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