Creative Tourism in Cape Town: An Innovation Perspective

Urban Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 405-424

  Booyens, Irma ^a   Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Creative cities; Creative tourism; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84947038048     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-015-9251-y     Document Type: Article

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