Murky Waters: Tourism, Heritage and the Development of the Ecomuseum in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Lloyd, Kate ^a   Morgan, Carla ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecomuseum; Heritage conflict; Tourism development; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974548754     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2008.9701247     Document Type: Article

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