Imagining Alexandria: Sightseeing in a city of the mind

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-115

  Dunn, David ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literary destination; Mythical city; Orientalist; Postcolonial; Sightseeing; Tourist attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008771830     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jtcc067.0     Document Type: Article

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