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Understanding Dutch visitors’ motivations to concentration camp memorials

Rami K. IsaacAcademy for Tourism, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Mgr. Hopmansstraat 1, Breda, 4817 JT, The Netherlands;Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, PalestineCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeroen NawijnAcademy for Tourism, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Mgr. Hopmansstraat 1, Breda, 4817 JT, The Netherlands
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Adriaan van LiemptAcademy for Leisure, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Mgr. Hopmansstraat 1, 4817 JT Breda, The Netherlands
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Konstantin GridnevskiyInternational Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Pages 747-762 | Received 15 Aug 2016, Accepted 16 Mar 2017, Published online: 10 Apr 2017
 
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Abstract

This study examined the motivations to visit concentration camp memorial sites in the Netherlands. Nine hundred and seventy-five Dutch respondents participated in a panel survey. The data were analysed by means of an exploratory factor analysis, to yield underlying motivational factors. The findings revealed that potential visitors were motivated to visit Holocaust concentration camp memorial sites for “memory”, “gaining knowledge and awareness”, and “exclusivity”. We generalize the motivations from Dutch concentration camp memorial sites to a universal level and discuss the future stages to achieve a universally valid motivation scale for visits to concentration camp memorial sites.

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