Remembering the second world war in singapore: Wartime heritage as a visitor attraction

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-52

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Singapore visitor attractions; Wartime heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967216319     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jht022.0a     Document Type: Article

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