To Re-Enact or Not to Re-Enact? Investigating the Impacts of Firstand Third-Person Interpretation at a Heritage Tourism Site

Visitor Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-61

  van Dijk, Pieter A ^a   Smith, Liam D G ^a   Weiler, Betty ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84859914993     PISSN: 10645578     EISSN: 19347715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2012.660842     Document Type: Article

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