Re-Branding Alternative Tourism in the Caribbean: The Case for ‘Slow Tourism’

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-344

  Conway, Dennis ^a   Timms, Benjamin F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative tourism; Caribbean diaspora; community tourism; information technology; low tourism; new tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957580465     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.12     Document Type: Article

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