Managing ghosts: Exploring local government involvement in dark tourism

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-90

  Heidelberg, Beth A Wielde ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Heritage planning; Historic cities; Thanatourism; Urban heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962724077     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2014.953538     Document Type: Article

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