Benefits of visiting a 'dark tourism' site: The case of the Jeju April 3rd Peace Park, Korea

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Kang, Eun Jung ^a   Scott, Noel ^a   Lee, Timothy Jeonglyeol ^a   Ballantyne, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits based approach; Dark tourism; Destination management; Thanatourism; Visitor study

Indexed keywords

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 82955235660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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