Contemporary tourism heritage as heritage tourism Evidence from Las Vegas and Gold Coast

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-267

  Weaver, David B ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gold Coast; Heritage tourism; Industrial heritage; Las Vegas; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; MUSEUM;

AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650262644     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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