Understanding visitors to slavery heritage sites in Ghana

Tourism Management

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-32

  Yankholmes, Aaron ^a   McKercher, Bob ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Connection to slavery; Ghana; Slavery heritage tourism; Trip purpose; Visit motivations; Visitor profiles

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; KNOWLEDGE; SLAVERY;

GHANA;

EID: 84928672890     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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