Crossing the Cultural Divide: Western Visitors and Interpretation at Ayutthaya World Heritage Site, Thailand

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-224

  Saipradist, Aphivan ^a   Staiff, Russell ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural translation; Heritage interpretation; Thailand; Western visitation; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899175602     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jht061.0     Document Type: Article

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