Residents' perceptions of transatlantic slave trade attractions for heritage tourism in danish-osu, Ghana

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-329

  Yankholmes, Aaron Kofi Badu ^a   Akyeampong, Oheneba Akwasi ^b   Dei, Laud Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Heritage tourism; Perceptions; Residents; Resources; Tourist attractions; Transatlantic Slave Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975905470     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17438730903186441     Document Type: Article

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