Red tourism: Sustaining communist identity in a rapidly changing China

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-119

  Li, Yiping ^a   Hu, Zhi Yi ^b   Zhang, Chao Zhi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Communist identity; Development and change; Heritage; Nation state; Red tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008813629     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2010.493939     Document Type: Article

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