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| Author: | Winter, C. |
| Title: | Battlefield visitor motivations: Explorations in the Great War town of Ieper, Belgium |
| Journal: | International Journal of Tourism Research
2011 : MAR/APR, VOL. 13:2, p. 164-176 |
| Index terms: | tourist industry tourism leisure motivation education theories Belgium |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this study, a quantitative method is used to measure the motivations for education, holiday and remembrance for an international sample of visitors to the Great War town of Ieper in Belgium. Based upon different structure and intensity of their motivations, three clusters can be formed. A small number of visitors could be identified as pilgrims, while the remainder were tourists, and they evidenced most of the characteristics of the pilgrims. The theory of 'thanatourism' provides a framework for understanding the motivations and experiences of battlefield tourists for remembrance and education and leisure. |
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