A Decade of Progress in African Urban Tourism Scholarship

Urban Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-417

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a   Visser, Gustav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; South Africa; Urban tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922005699     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-014-9238-0     Document Type: Article

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