Understanding tourist experience through embodiment: The contribution of critical tourism and disability studies

Accessible Tourism: Concepts and Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-97

  Small, Jennifer ^a   Darcy, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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