Tourism and identity politics in the Helsinki churchscape

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 252-269

  Jokela, Salla Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

churches; churchscape; Finland; Helsinki; identity construction; landscape; nation building; religious sites; tourism images

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; HERITAGE TOURISM; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONALISM; STATE BUILDING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84902529820     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2013.865070     Document Type: Article

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