Dark Cities? Developing a Methodology for Researching Dark Tourism in European Cities

Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 303-319

  Powell, R ^a   Kennell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Dark; Dark Tourism Products; Destination Marketing Organisations; European; Tourism; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013879015     PISSN: 21987246     EISSN: 21987254     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27528-4_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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