Panda and elephant – contesting animal icons in Thai tourism

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-171

  Cohen, Erik ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal equity; Animals and politics; Image events; Inter species contest; Public crazes; Tourist animal engagement; Zoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956229581     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2010.510565     Document Type: Article

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