Sustaining spirit: a review and analysis of an urban Indigenous Australian cultural festival

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2016, Pages 1280-1297

  Higgins Desbiolles, Freya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commodification; event tourism; events; Indigenous cultural festivals; neo liberalism; social inclusion; triple bottom line sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN AREA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84962094722     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1149184     Document Type: Review

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