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Carla Barbieri, Sonja Wilhelm Stanis, University of Missouri-Columbia

Caption: Carla Barbieri (left) and Sonja Wilhelm Stanis, associate professors of Parks, Recreation and Tourism at MU, recently studied a group of “tornado tourists” to understand this new niche tourism market.

Credit: Keith Montgomery/University of Missouri

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