Capturing intangible cultural impacts of tourism on aboriginal land in Australia’s kimberley region

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Scherrer, Pascal ^a   Doohan, Kim ^b,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mintupela Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous people; Intangible cultural indicators; Kimberley Coastal Region; Land and sea country; Ontology; Privilege; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979739713     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2011.11081672     Document Type: Article

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