Imagining the Scottish nation: tourism and homeland nationalism in Scotland

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 913-929

  Bhandari, Kalyan ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diaspora; genealogical tourism; homecoming; homeland nationalism; identity; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIASPORA; HERITAGE TOURISM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84976254367     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.789005     Document Type: Article

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