Battlefield sites as dark tourism attractions: An analysis of experience

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-147

  Miles, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battlefields; Dark tourism; Thanatourism; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919664907     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2013.871017     Document Type: Article

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