Entry and emergent agendas of adults visiting an aquarium in family groups

Visitor Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-89

  Briseño Garzón, Adriana ^a   Anderson, David ^a   Anderson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85009689700     PISSN: 10645578     EISSN: 19347715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10645570701263461     Document Type: Article

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