High (on) technology: Producing tourist identities through technologized adventure

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-114

  Berger, Ida E ^a   Greenspan, Itay ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventure Tourism; Consumer Identity; Everest; Technology; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998133740     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080802170312     Document Type: Article

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