Diaspora and Tourism: Transylvanian Saxons Visiting the Homeland

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-232

  Iorio, Monica ^a   Corsale, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diaspora; heritage; identity; local development; Romania; roots tourism; Transylvanian Saxons

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DIASPORA; SENSE OF PLACE; TOURISM;

GERMANY; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84877855569     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.647327     Document Type: Article

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