From the white darkness to dark tourism: the case of Sarikamish

International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-260

  Yirik, Sevket ^a   Seyitoğlu, Faruk ^a   Çakar, Kadir ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Battlefield site; Dark tourism; Sacralisation process; Sarikamish

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; WAR;

GALLIPOLI; ITALY; KARS; LECCE; PUGLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84983490032     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCTHR-06-2015-0064     Document Type: Article

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