The presentation of Bushmen in cultural tourism: Tourists images of Bushmen and the tourism provider's presentation of (Hai//om) Bushmen at Treesleeper Camp, Namibia

Critical Arts

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 671-689

  Hüncke, Anna ^a,b   Koot, Stasja ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

community based tourism; cultural tourism; Hai om Bushmen; image creation; Namibia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870872823     PISSN: 02560046     EISSN: 19926049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2012.744722     Document Type: Article

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