Low Cost Air Travel: Welcome Aboard?

Tourist Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-191

  Casey, Mark E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air travel; cultural capital; LCAT; Newcastle upon Tyne; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953733894     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611403061     Document Type: Article

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