Creating an authentic tourist site? The Australian standing stones, Glen Innes

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-100

  Connell, John ^a   Rugendyke, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Celtic; Heritage; Place branding; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; GLEN INNES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77950894799     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180903535600     Document Type: Article

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