Positive and Negative Urban Tourist Crowding: Florence, Italy

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-72

  Popp, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

coping; Crowding; Florence; heritage city; Italy; mass tourism; tourism impacts; urban tourism

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; OUTDOOR RECREATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84857259217     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2011.597421     Document Type: Article

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