The Intratourist Gaze: Grey Nomads and ‘Other Tourists’

Tourist Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-252

  Holloway, Donell ^a   Green, Lelia ^a   Holloway, David ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecotourism; environment; grey nomads; intratourist gaze; senior tourism; tourist gaze; tourist interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855890543     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611432043     Document Type: Article

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