War and ideological conflict: Prisoner of war camps as a tourist experience in South Korea

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 236-247

  Kang, Eun Jung ^a,b   Lee, Timothy J ^c  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85013952716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-27     Document Type: Chapter

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