Tourism geography in the global South: New South African perspectives

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 101-110

  Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert ^a,b   Rogerson, Christian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

South Africa; tourism geography; tourism studies

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; RESEARCH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84931098583     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2015.1034574     Document Type: Review

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