Local community perspectives towards dark tourism development: The case of Snowtown, South Australia

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-89

  Kim, Sangkyun ^a   Butler, Gareth ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

benefits; dark tourism; infamous murders; local community; Snowtown; tourism development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922259534     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2014.918621     Document Type: Article

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