Investigating the motivation-experience relationship in a dark tourism space: A case study of the Beichuan earthquake relics, China

Tourism Management

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-121

  Yan, Bing Jin ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Hong Lei ^a   Lu, Shao Jing ^a   Guo, Yong Rui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Disaster tourism; Emotional reaction; Experience; Motivation

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84943328073     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.09.014     Document Type: Article

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