Branding and positioning an African capital city: The case of Tshwane in South Africa

City Tourism: National Capital Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 62-76

  Heath, Ernie ^a   Kruger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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