Results 11 to 20 of about 414 (94)
Emotional Overload! A Dialogic Autoethnography of Scholar-Participant-Consumer Reactions to the Marketing of Thanatourism [PDF]
The Qualitative Report, 2021 The terms “thanatourism” and “dark tourism” relate to visiting places of human tragedy, which are increasingly developed as tourist destinations. There is a need to trouble thanatouristic assumptions through sharing and discussing lived experiences. These challenge the simplistic mechanistic marketing and conventional research practices of thanatourism.
Lloyd-Parkes, Elizabeth +3 more
core +6 more sources
Dark Tourism – the Dark Side of Berlin [PDF]
Studia Periegetica, 2019 In search of new destinations and experiences, tourists are now visiting places that are monuments of tragedy, suffering, death and destruction. These places are often connected to mass murders or catastrophes.
Magdalena Olejniczak
doaj +3 more sources
A Cohort Analysis of the Perceived Market Potential of Thanatourism in Malaysia
Gading Journal for the Social Sciences (e-ISSN 2600-7568)Thanatourism has witnessed growth both in terms of its commercialisation potential and significance as well as the scholarly attention accorded to the phenomenon. In Malaysia, the government has shown interest in developing thanatourism as a source of tourism revenue and a way to preserve the nation’s history and heritage.
Christy Bidder +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Death Sells: Thanatourism Theming as a Sustainability Strategy at Gotlands Museum
, 2019 Over the past century the phenomenon of thanatourism, or dark tourism, has become increasingly popular, with tourists now able to encounter death at a wide range of sites across the world. While much scholarship has focused on tourism at sites of disaster and atrocity, less research has taken place into thanatourism in a museum context.
Uziallo, Katherine
core +4 more sources
Opportunities for the development of dark tourism in Ukraine
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія Геологія. Географія. Екологія, 2022 Formulation of the problem. Every year there are new types of tourism and, accordingly, new directions of tourist travel. Among such areas is dark tourism, which, although it exists in the modern sense of the term for no more than 25 years, but already ...
Mariya Lushchyk, Olha Mamchur
doaj +1 more source
A shot in the dark? Developing a new conceptual framework for thanatourism
, 2007 Whilst tourists’ fascination with visiting sites associated with death and human tragedy has received considerable academic and media attention, the scholarly literature on so-called ‘dark’ or thanatourism remains fragmented.
Dunkley, Ria Ann +2 more
core +6 more sources
Dark tourism: motivations and visit intentions of tourists [PDF]
International Hospitality Review, 2022 Purpose – The overall purpose of this study is to utilize the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in combination with four dark tourism constructs (dark experience, engaging entertainment, unique learning experience, and casual interest) to gain a better ...
Heather Lewis +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Dark tourism and thanatourism: Distinct tourism typologies or simple analytical tools? [PDF]
Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019 Auschwitz-Birkenau is the main example provided by researchers whenever dark tourism and thanatourism are used as principal analytical concepts. Theoretically, this example is considered one of the darkest tourism sites. Focusing on this kind of places, as well as on other places with different degrees of authenticity, macabre, emotions and tourism ...
Viorel Mionel, Mionel, Viorel
core +4 more sources
A REVIEW OF "THE ANTHROPOCENE PROJECT"
Art/Research International, 2020 Here, we engage The Anthropocene Project: a 2019 art event that features photographic exhibits in art galleries and museums, both across Canada and internationally.
Shannon Stevens, Richard Wainwright
doaj +1 more source
Dark tourism, the holocaust, and well-being: A systematic review
Heliyon, 2023 Dark tourists experience negative and positive feelings in Holocaust places, suggesting emotional ambivalence. The research question of this study is, “is feeling well-being, as a consequence of dark tourism, a way of banalizing the horror?”. The purpose
José Magano +2 more
doaj +1 more source