Consuming dark tourism: A Thanatological Perspective

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 574-595

  Stone, Philip ^a   Sharpley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dark tourism; death; dntological security; thanatology

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

EID: 43049154528     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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