Firsts and lasts in Arctic tourism: Last chance tourism and the dialectic of change

Last Chance Tourism: Adapting Tourism Opportunities in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 10-24

  Johnston, Margaret ^a   Viken, Arvid ^b   Dawson, Jackie ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 85161101345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203828939-3     Document Type: Chapter

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