Dark tourism shops: Selling "dark" and "difficult" products

International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-280

  Brown, Jane ^a  

^a Swansea Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Dark tourism; Holocaust; Merchandising; Museums; Shops; Slavery; War Museum

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RETAILING; SITE INVESTIGATION; SURVEYING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 84880766363     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCTHR-05-2012-0039     Document Type: Article

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