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Tourism promotion in ‘difficult areas’: The experience of Johannesburg inner-city

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Rogerson, C.M., Kaplan, L. Tourism promotion in ‘difficult areas’: The experience of Johannesburg inner-city. Urban Forum 16, 214–243 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-005-1006-8

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