Paradise from the other side of nowhere: Troubling a troubled scene of tourist encounter in Belize

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Little, Kenneth ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Belize as tourist state; Performance; Spectacle; Tourism and the body; Touristic encounters

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008796823     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766821003675034     Document Type: Article

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