Dark tourism scholarship: A critical review

International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-318

  Stone, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Death; Education; Research work; Scholarship; Thanatology; Tourism; Visitor economy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84880788980     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCTHR-06-2013-0039     Document Type: Review

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