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Tourists at the Taj: Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site

Regina Bendix
- 01 Jan 2000 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 1, pp 239-241
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This article is published in Annals of Tourism Research.The article was published on 2000-01-01. It has received 247 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Meaning (existential).

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Editorial: Mobilities, Immobilities and Moorings

TL;DR: Mobility has become an evocative keyword for the twenty-first century and a powerful discourse that creates its own effects and contexts as mentioned in this paper, and the concept of mobilities encompasses both the large-scale...
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Hard‐branding the cultural city – from Prado to Prada

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that culture-led regeneration and place-making now mirrors the product branding of Nike and Sony, vying with them for consumer and political attention through the use of star architecture and retail strategies that belie their public good/realm and cultural distinctions.
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Cultural Tourism: a review of recent research and trends

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Book

Niche Tourism : Contemporary, Issues, Trends and Cases

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