Walking with the dead: The place of ghost walk tourism in Savannah, Georgia

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-238

  Gentry, Glenn W ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Georgia; Ghost tourism; Savannah; Sense of place; Tourist performance; Walking

Indexed keywords

SENSE OF PLACE; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; WALKING;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948943421     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2007.0023     Document Type: Article

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