Visiting the trenches: Exploring meanings and motivations in battlefield tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 860-868

  Dunkley, Ria ^a   Morgan, Nigel ^a   Westwood, Sheena ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Battlefield and warfare tourism; Dark tourism; Thanatourism; Tourist motivations and experiences

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WAR;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; PICARDIE; SOMME; WEST FLANDERS; YPRES;

EID: 84863105979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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