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Dark tourism (or thanatourism) has emerged as one of the most dynamic and controversial segments of the global tourism industry. In Latin America, particularly in Colombia, Bolivia, and Mexico, this phenomenon intersects with the legacy of drug ...
Hugo Guerrero-Sierra +2 more
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Beyond temporal reflections in thanatourism research [PDF]
•Thanatourism or dark tourism sites are typically viewed through a temporal lens.•Within this context, these sites are thought to fulfil socialising functions.•A knowledge gap exists concerning thanatourism’s contribution to modern society.•The paper therefore reflects on the ethical dimensions of thanatourism.•Viewing thanatourism sites through a ...
Ria A Dunkley
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The geographies of thanatourism
This article explores the geographies of thanatourism, a form of travel where tourists encounter places associated with death, disaster and the macabre.
Tony Johnston
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Beauty versus tragedy: thanatourism and the memorialisation of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Almost 20 years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda remains confronted with the complexity of an enduring reconciliation process; a process both enabled and complicated by the arrival and increase of international tourism to the genocide memorials. Drawing on contemporary thanatourism, genocide, heritage and memorialisation theory and discourse, this paper
Tony Johnston
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MAPPING TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH ON DARK TOURISM AND THANATOURISM: A BIBLIOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
Dark tourism is an umbrella term for tourism related to death, suffering, cruelty, tragedy and/or crime. Thanatourism, on the other hand, refers to travel motivated by the specific desire to encounter death.
Rocio HERNÁNDEZ-GARRIDO +2 more
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“If you like your history horrible”: The obscene supplementarity of thanatourism [PDF]
By examining witch tourism in Lancashire, England, this paper reveals the ideological role that dark histories fulfil for consumer culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, we explore thanatourism as a means for ‘post-historical’ subjects to conceive of wilder, pre-liberal worlds before capitalist realism extinguished all alternatives.
James Cronin, Sophie James
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Progress in dark tourism and thanatourism research: An uneasy relationship with heritage tourism
This paper reviews academic research into dark tourism and thanatourism over the 1996–2016 period. The aims of this paper are threefold. First, it reviews the evolution of the concepts of dark tourism and thanatourism, highlighting similarities and differences between them. Second it evaluates progress in 6 key themes and debates.
Duncan Light
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Dark tourism in the Philippine context: Indicators, motivations, and spectrum
Dark tourism or thanatourism is an emerging area of study in the Philippines. Accordingly, it involves visiting places associated with death and suffering.
Ma. Gina M. Fabros +2 more
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Dark tourism: a bibliometric review of the past, present and future trends
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to critically review the knowledge structure of dark tourism. It is an emerging tourism attraction, but one that has received less attention in the literature.
Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi
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Thanatourism at Grodno Castle in Zagórze Śląskie
Tanatoturystyka to termin oznaczający podróżowanie do miejsc związanych ze śmiercią i cierpieniem. Nie jest ona kultem śmierci, a jedynie formą turystyki, która ma na celu poznanie miejsc tragedii ludzkiej. W obszar zainteresowania tanatoturystyki wpisuje się zamek Grodno ze względu na to, że posiada on specyficzne formy atrakcji: loch głodowy ze ...
Aleksandra Chlebicz, Paweł Konczewski
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