The relationship between serial murder and the American tourism industry

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Gibson, Dirk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Serial murder; Thanatourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750341012     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v20n01_04     Document Type: Article

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