Building A Facade For Finland: Helsinki In Tourism Imagery*

Geographical Review

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-70

  Jokela, Salla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Nation building; Tourism brochures; Visual representations

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; STATE BUILDING; SYMBOLISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA; VISUALIZATION;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 78650528228     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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