Backpackers: Attitudes to the ‘outback’

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-92

  Ryan, Chris ^a   Mohsin, Asad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal tourism; Australia; Backpackers; Outback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979640650     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v10n01_05     Document Type: Article

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