The place of the family in tourism research: Domesticity and thick sociality by the pool

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 401-420

  Obrador, Pau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal mass tourism; Domesticity; Family holiday; Sociality; Tourism theory

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 82755182753     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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