Heritage as a motivation for four-wheel-drive tourism in desert Australia

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Carson, Dean ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b   Coghlan, Alexandra ^b   Taylor, Andrew ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alice Springs; Desert; Economic contribution; Four wheel drive tourism; Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962778895     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17438730802691707     Document Type: Article

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