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Enlightening the “Dark” in Dark Tourism: Re-Conceptualising Dark Tourism in the Era of Late Capitalism [PDF]
Abstract Over the past 50 years, dark tourism has seen exponential growth in terms of both physical and digital contexts. Dark tourism is primarily a concentration around documented accounts of physical violence, and theorizations centered on dark tourism studies have generally fallen within either behavioral or interpretivist ...
Hart, Max, Kelly, Craig, Lynes, Adam
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, 2017 Interest in dark tourism is on the rise. Defined as visitation of sites associated with death, disaster, and atrocity, this phenomenon is of interest to the wider public and academics alike, and has become a lucrative commercial practice. Media, movies, and accounts of breaking-news events help stimulate dark tourism.
Annaclaudia Martini +2 more
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'Dark Tourism': Definitions and Research Parameters
, 2017 This paper reveals the key themes and issues of dark tourism as both a research concept as well as an empirical practice. The paper offers a rudimentary outline of the main research themes, issues and consequences of dark tourism, as well as stating a ...
Stone, Philip
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Does a visitor of dark sites have a dark personality?
Primenjena Psihologija, 2021 Previous research on dark tourism in vulnerable post-conflict areas, such as South-Eastern Europe, has overlooked the nature of visitor personalities. Accordingly, the main purpose of the present study is to determine which personality traits (dark triad,
Tamara Jovanovic +2 more
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Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 2022 The purpose of this research is to explore the concept of dark tourism, focusing on the conceptual approach of dark tourism, the different terms stated for its nature, the review of its historical background as well as its main categories.
Eleni Mavragani, Evangelia Mandrinou
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Dark Tourism in Romania: The Bellu Cemetery [PDF]
Cactus, 2023 This article focuses on the most important aspects of dark tourism and deals with the Romanian population's perception of the Bellu Cemetery of Bucharest, a must-see dark tourism attraction.
Maria-Alexandra Sandu
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Dark Tourism has seen a surge in popularity in the last decade as people seek a richer travel experience, choosing to meaningfully engage with humankind’s more troubling heritage, rather than opting for merely escapist vacations.
Jordbræk, Even +2 more
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INDONESIA – A GOLDMINE OF DARK TOURISM DESTINATIONS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2021 Known for its significant potential in the tourism industry, Indonesia fails to promote dark tourism destinations as one of their main pillars of national tourism.
Ioana Prodan
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The Darker the Spectrum, the Better Image? – Relationship between visitors-based dark tourism spectrum rating of Museum Fatahillah as a heritage site and its image as a tourist attraction [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 This paper examines the relationship between the visitors-based dark tourism spectrum and the image of Museum Fatahillah as a tourist attraction in Jakarta. Stone’s six dark tourism spectra were used to rate the level of darkness of the museum, which was
Patria Teguh Amor +2 more
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Is Dark Tourism a New Moral Peril? A Critical Insight
, 2017 This paper offers a brief critical insight into the moral perils of dark tourism. Using a Lithuanian visitor attraction – ‘1984: Survival Drama’ – as a contextual example, the paper outlines key features of the ethics of ‘doing dark tourism’.
Stone, Philip
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