Sought experiences at (Dark) heritage sites

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 820-841

  Biran, Avital ^a   Poria, Yaniv ^b   Oren, Gila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c The College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Experience; Interpretation; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL HERITAGE; PERCEPTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 79959818555     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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