The beach of ‘The Beach’-the politics of environmental damage in Thailand

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Cohen, Erik ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beaches; Environmental impact; Environmental politics; Motion pictures; National parks; Southern Thailand; Tourist image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979901373     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2005.11081229     Document Type: Article

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