Urban tourism research: Recent progress and current paradoxes

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Ashworth, Gregory ^a   Page, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Urban geography; Urban sociology; Urban studies; Urban tourism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GLOBALIZATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; WORLD CITY;

EID: 78649845419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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