World heritage sites: The purposes and politics of destination branding

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-545

  Ryan, Jason ^a   Silvanto, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Destination branding; Political instability; Politics; World heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955110404     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2010.499064     Document Type: Article

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