Dark tourism revisited: A supply/demand conceptualisation

International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-292

  Farmaki, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Dark tourism; Thanatourism; Tourism; Tourism development; Tourist motivations

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HERITAGE TOURISM; MARKETING; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84880823239     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCTHR-05-2012-0030     Document Type: Article

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