Innovative techniques in tourism research: An exploration of visual methods and academic filmmaking

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-389

  Rakić, Tijana ^a   Chambers, Donna ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic filmmaking; Athenian Acropolis; Crete; Tourism; Visual methods

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FILM; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 77954435164     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.761     Document Type: Article

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