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Revisiting the Churchyard

European Journal of Life Writing, 2020
The churchyard has always been a site of pilgrimage. The remains of the dead, sanctified as holy relics, conferred a hallowed status on their location in the earth; this, in turn, became a destination for travellers. By the eighteenth century, ‘pilgrims’
James Metcalf
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Evaluation and development opportunities of the disused Lutheran cemeteries within the Maskulińskie and Pisz Forest Divisions for thanatourism

Tourism, 2015
This paper presents the results of a study of 67 disused Lutheran cemeteries situated in the Pisz and Maskulińskie Forest Divisions (the southern part of Warmińsko-Mazurskie Province).
Sławomir Sobotka, Anna Długozima
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From Torture Chamber to Museum of Legal Studies – A Short History of the Medieval Crime Museum in Rothenburg

Journal on European History of Law, 2020
The following article highlights various facets of the Medieval Crime Museum, which is located in the heart of the middle franconian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. In addition to a deep insight into the museum’s history, which goes back to the end of
Markus Hirte
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The meaning of genocide and terror in cognitive tourism

Tourism, 2014
The article considers the influence of acts of terror and war crimes on both the development of tourism, or a lack of it. Terrorist attacks, the victims of which are tourists as well as local citizens, constrain or completely prevent tourism development.
Sławoj Tanaś
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Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel health care in ‘dark tourism’

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2021
Still an evolving field in travel medicine, psychological travel health has not yet been linked to tourist products that may affect travellers’ mental wellbeing.
Irmgard L. Bauer
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“Non tutti hanno una cripta” Mummie, turismo e patrimonializzazione in Sicilia “Not everyone has a crypt” Mummies, tourism, and heritage-making in Sicily

EtnoAntropologia, 2023
The Capuchins’ Catacombs of Palermo are not the main tourist attraction of the city, however they receive a high number of visitors representing the niche travel market named “dark tourism”.
Rebecca Sabatini
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Genius Loci and Memory: World War II Memorial Museums in Rural Poland [PDF]

Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo
Poland is a country rich in World War II memorial sites. Due to the ongoing “memory boom,” new memorial museums are continuously being established. This paper presents an analysis of selected Polish memorial museum sites located in non-urbanised areas ...
Małgorzata Petelenz
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Lugares de memoria traumática y turismo: paradigmas analíticos y problemáticas

Investigaciones Turísticas, 2018
Desde el último tercio del siglo XX, los sitios relacionados con memorias dolorosas o traumáticas han desarrollado estrategias de turistización que los han convertido, en más de un caso, en atractivos turísticos de primer nivel.
David González Vázquez, Lluís Mundet i Cerdan   +1 more
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Tourism ‘Death Space’ and Thanatourism in Poland [PDF]

, 2013
“Tourism ‘Death Space’ and Thanatourism in Poland” Sławoj Tanaś Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism Studies, University of Lodz, Lodz, PolandTourism space organizers use ‘death space’ for the purpose of creating tourism attractions and products in
Tanaś, Sławoj
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A critical review of dark tourism studies

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
The topic of dark tourism emerged in the last three decades as tourism became more accessible. It allows forgotten history to be revised and transferred to the public.
Aigerim Assylkhanova, Gyula Nagy, Cezar Morar, Zhanassyl Teleubay, Lajos Boros   +4 more
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