Writing for the anti-tourist? Imagining the contemporary travel magazine reader as an authentic experience seeker

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-99

  McWha, Madelene Rose ^a   Frost, Warwick ^a   Laing, Jennifer ^a   Best, Gary ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anti tourist; authenticity; identity; magazine article; mediation; travel writing

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955206271     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1013525     Document Type: Article

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