Tragedy and Heritage: The Case of Cambodia

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Lennon, J John ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angkor Wat; Cambodia; dark tourism; Khmer Rouge; selective interpretation; Tuol Sleng; killing fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979623329     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2009.11081573     Document Type: Article

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