Last-chance tourism: The boom, doom, and gloom of visiting vanishing destinations

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-493

  Lemelin, Harvey ^a   Dawson, Jackie ^b   Stewart, Emma J ^c   Maher, Pat ^d   Lueck, Michael ^e  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arctic; Dark tourism; Disappearing species; Doom tourism; Last chance tourism; Vanishing destinations

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 77956826343     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500903406367     Document Type: Article

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