Modernity and the evolution of a festive tourism tradition: The Songkran festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Asian Tourism: Growth and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 311-321

  Porananond, Ploysri ^a   Robinson, Mike ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b International Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904776492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080556208     Document Type: Chapter

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