The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism

The article considers the influence of acts of terror and war crimes on both the development of tourism, or a lack of it. Terrorist attacks, the victims of which are tourists as well as local citizens, constrain or completely prevent tourism development. Terrorism is then a barrier to the developmen...

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Main Author: Sławoj Tanaś
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2014-03-01
Series:Tourism
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/7569
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tourism space
title The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism
title_full The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism
title_fullStr The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism
title_full_unstemmed The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism
title_short The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism
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genocide
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tourism space
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