Heritage tourism clusters along the borders of Mexico

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-67

  Blasco, Daniel ^a   Guia, Jaume ^a   Prats, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Border; Cluster analysis; Corridors; Cross border regions; Distance; Functional areas; Heritage; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994654660     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2013.862537     Document Type: Article

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