Borders in tourism: The transformation of the Swedish-Finnish border landscape

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-238

  Prokkola, Eeva Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Border; Cross border collaboration; European integration; Nationalism; Tourism

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; NATIONALISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955777174     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500902990528     Document Type: Article

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