The Copernican shift in space tourism and its implications for tourism in the Great Karoo

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-118

  Ingle, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Karoo; space tourism; spaceport; suborbital space flight; Virgin Galactic

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EROSION; HEGEMONY; LEGISLATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; TOURISM;

GREAT KAROO; KAROO; NAMA KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79957790154     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2011.561543     Document Type: Article

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