Dark London: dimensions and characteristics of dark tourism supply in the UK capital

Anatolia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 339-351

  Powell, Raymond ^a   Iankova, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Internet search; London; Tourism supply; Visitor attractions

Indexed keywords

TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84977504387     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2016.1191764     Document Type: Article

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