Restructuring the geography of domestic tourism in South Africa

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

Volumn 29, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 119-135

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

domestic tourism; South Africa; spatial change; tourism policy; VFR travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938503047     PISSN: 17324254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bog-2015-0029     Document Type: Article

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