Supplanting the planters: Hawking heritage in barbados

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 51-84

  Dann, Graham M S ^a   Potter, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop Over Festival; Dark tourism; History of slavery in Barbados; Nostalgia; Open House Programme; Plantation slavery as entertainment; Plantation Spectaculars; Plantations as hotels; Postmodernity; Tourism promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996156726     PISSN: 15256480     EISSN: 15286499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J149v02n03_03     Document Type: Article

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