Academic myths of tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-28

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discipline; Field of study; Myth

Indexed keywords

FIELD OF VIEW; PHILOSOPHY; SYMBOLISM; TOURISM;

EID: 84894423086     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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