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Country Branding and Country Image: Insights, Challenges and Prospects. The Case of Estonia

TalTech Journal of European Studies
Volume 4 (2014): Issue 1 (June 2014)
By: Siiri Same and  Maria Claudia Solarte-Vasquez  
Open Access
|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2014-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
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Language: English
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Published on: May 17, 2014
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Keywords:
country branding,
country image,
destination,
Estonia,
experience,
place marketing
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