Understanding visitor's motivation at sites of death and disaster: The case of former transit camp Westerbork, the Netherlands

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-179

  Isaac, Rami Khalil ^a   Çakmak, Erdinç ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dark tourism; iconic site; tourist motivation; Westerbork

Indexed keywords

DARK; DISASTER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TOURISM; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84895751082     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.776021     Document Type: Article

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