"Maintenance of Latvian Business Language, Culture, and Community through Heritage Tourism and the Internet" by Gundars Kaupins

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Maintenance of Latvian Business Language, Culture, and Community through Heritage Tourism and the Internet

Global Business Languages

Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University
Nina M. Ray, Boise State University
Andris Berzins, President of Latvian Community Center, Indianapolis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2009

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations

Abstract

This article investigates heritage tourism in Latvia by first exploring the reasons why Latvian heritage tourists go to Latvia and why this tourism is important to the nation. The article then explores key Web sites that Latvian heritage tourists can use to investigate their ancestral homeland and finally looks at how popular heritage tourism-related words are in the Internet in Latvian and other languages.

Citation Information

Gundars Kaupins, Nina M. Ray and Andris Berzins. "Maintenance of Latvian Business Language, Culture, and Community through Heritage Tourism and the Internet" Global Business Languages (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gundars_kaupins/69/