Rethinking slavery heritage tourism

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-247

  Yankholmes, Aaron ^a   McKercher, Bob ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Collective slave memory; Dark tourism; Dissonant heritage; Slavery heritage tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962626960     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2014.988159     Document Type: Article

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