Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland

This thesis further inquiries in the academic field of Dark Tourism and Cemetery Tourism by investigating the reasons why people visit cemeteries. Particularly, the study focuses on the Rakwicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland. The research method used was the structured interview, and one hundred visito...

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Autor: Salinas Moreno, Adrià
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/16171
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Turisme negre -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Dark tourism -- Poland -- Kraków
Cementiris -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Cemeteries -- Poland -- Kraków
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spelling Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, PolandSalinas Moreno, AdriàTurisme negre -- Polònia - CracòviaDark tourism -- Poland -- KrakówCementiris -- Polònia - CracòviaCemeteries -- Poland -- KrakówThis thesis further inquiries in the academic field of Dark Tourism and Cemetery Tourism by investigating the reasons why people visit cemeteries. Particularly, the study focuses on the Rakwicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland. The research method used was the structured interview, and one hundred visitors to the cemetery were interviewed during the months of March and April 2018. The answers were classified in different categories that were created according to the available literature on Cemetery Tourism. The results show that visitors went to the cemetery due to curiosity; education and research; architectural significance; escapism, relaxation and passive recreation; pilgrimage; contemplation of death; nature and practice a hobby. The motivations of visitors to the Rakowicki Cemetery are similar to the ones of visitors to other cemeteries where studies have been undertakenAquesta tesi contribueix al camp acadèmic del turisme fosc i al turisme de cementiris mitjançant la investigació de les raons per les quals la gent visita cementiris. Particularment, l’estudi se centra en el Cementiri Rakowicki a Cracòvia, Polònia. El mètode de recerca utilitzat va ser l’entrevista estructurada, i un total de cent visitants van ser entrevistats durant els mesos de març i abril de 2018. Les respostes es van classificar en diferents categories que van ser creades d’acord amb la literatura disponible sobre turisme de cementiris. Els resultats mostren que els visitants van anar al cementiri per curiositat; educació i recerca; significat arquitectònic; escapisme; relaxació i recreació passiva; pelegrinatge; contemplació de la mort; natura i pràctica d’un hobby. Les motivacions dels visitants al Cementiri Rakowicki són similars a les dels visitants a altres cementiris on s’ha dut a terme recercaUniversitat de Girona. Facultat de TurismeMundet i Cerdan, LluísNajda-Janoszka, Marta2018info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/16171http://hdl.handle.net/10256/16171Màster en Turisme Culturalreponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/161712026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
title Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
spellingShingle Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
Salinas Moreno, Adrià
Turisme negre -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Dark tourism -- Poland -- Kraków
Cementiris -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Cemeteries -- Poland -- Kraków
title_short Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
title_full Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
title_fullStr Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
title_full_unstemmed Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
title_sort Cemetery tourism: Visitors' motivations for visiting the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salinas Moreno, Adrià
author Salinas Moreno, Adrià
author_facet Salinas Moreno, Adrià
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat de Girona. Facultat de Turisme
Mundet i Cerdan, Lluís
Najda-Janoszka, Marta
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Turisme negre -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Dark tourism -- Poland -- Kraków
Cementiris -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Cemeteries -- Poland -- Kraków
topic Turisme negre -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Dark tourism -- Poland -- Kraków
Cementiris -- Polònia - Cracòvia
Cemeteries -- Poland -- Kraków
description This thesis further inquiries in the academic field of Dark Tourism and Cemetery Tourism by investigating the reasons why people visit cemeteries. Particularly, the study focuses on the Rakwicki Cemetery in Kraków, Poland. The research method used was the structured interview, and one hundred visitors to the cemetery were interviewed during the months of March and April 2018. The answers were classified in different categories that were created according to the available literature on Cemetery Tourism. The results show that visitors went to the cemetery due to curiosity; education and research; architectural significance; escapism, relaxation and passive recreation; pilgrimage; contemplation of death; nature and practice a hobby. The motivations of visitors to the Rakowicki Cemetery are similar to the ones of visitors to other cemeteries where studies have been undertaken
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