Holocaust concentration camp memorial sites: an exploratory study into expected emotional response

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 175-190

  Nawijn, Jeroen ^a   Isaac, Rami Khalil ^a   Gridnevskiy, Konstantin ^b   van Liempt, Adriaan ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b NHL STENDEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

difficult heritage; emotions; holocaust; memorials; motivation

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; PANEL DATA; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84933056978     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1058343     Document Type: Article

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