Indigenous Long Grassers: Itinerants Or Problem Tourists?

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-21

  Carson, Dean ^a,b   Carson, Doris ^c   Taylor, Andrew ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Indigenous mobility; Indigenous tourism; Long grassers; Problem tourists; Social distance

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84874542386     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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