The landscape reputation: Tourism and identity in the caribbean

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-187

  Nelson, Velvet ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Content analysis; Identity; Landscape; Narrative analysis; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952240142     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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