From shuttle traders to middle-class consumers: Russian tourists in Finnish newspaper discourse between the years 1990 and 2014

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-65

  Gurova, Olga ^a   Ratilainen, Saara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cross border shopping; discourse analysis; Finland; Russian tourists

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; CULTURE; MASS MEDIA; NEOLIBERALISM; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

FINLAND;

EID: 84994589125     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2016.1244507     Document Type: Article

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