Thanatourism and its discontents: An appraisal of a decade's work with some future issues and directions

The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 521-542

  Seaton, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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