Battlefield visitor motivations: Explorations in the Great War town of Ieper, Belgium

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-176

  Winter, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Great War; Ieper; Motivation; Pilgrimage; Thanatourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WAR;

BELGIUM; WEST FLANDERS; YPRES;

EID: 79951569871     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.806     Document Type: Article

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