Mobilities on the Gold Coast, Australia: Implications for destination governance and sustainable tourism

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-579

  Dredge, Dianne ^a   Jamal, Tazim ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

destination management; Gold Coast; hard governance; mobilities; neoliberalism; soft governance

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECOTOURISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MOBILITY; NEOLIBERALISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84877873540     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.776064     Document Type: Article

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