First World War cemeteries: Insights from visitor books

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 462-479

  Winter, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cemeteries; First World War; Performance; Social memory; Thanatourism; Visitor books

Indexed keywords

CEMETERY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HERITAGE TOURISM; MEMORY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BELGIUM; FRANCE;

EID: 79961224427     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2011.575075     Document Type: Article

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