‘Lest we forget’*: a veteran and son share a ‘warfare tourism’ experience

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 21-35

  Fallon, Paul ^a   Robinson, Peter ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark tourism; Heroes Return; warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981717425     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2016.1201087     Document Type: Article

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