Contrived landscapes: Simulated environments as an emerging medium of tourism destinations

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Forrester, Scott A ^a   Singh, Shalini ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiences; Motivations; Research; Simulated environments; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979776560     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2005.11081488     Document Type: Article

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