To what extent may sites of death be tourism destinations the cases of Hiroshima in Japan and Struthof in France

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-328

  Selmi, Noureddine ^a   Tur, Camille ^a   Dornier, Raphaël ^b  

^a Sup de Co la Rochelle   (France)

^b UPS3611   (France)

Author keywords

death; disaster; ethics; motives; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863101670     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2012.7     Document Type: Review

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