From heritage to hyper-reality? Tourism destination development in the middle east between Petra and the palm

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 240-253

  Steiner, Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dubai; Heritage; Hyper reality; Middle East; Political economy; Symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008814926     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2010.521245     Document Type: Article

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