Development of memorial tourism as a new concept - possibilities and restrictions
Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2015 The purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the meaning of dark and memorial tourism better, as well as to create basic preconditions for relatively new concept of tourism in Croatia, as dark and memorial tourism is well defined subject ...
Nataša Drvenkar +2 more
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The photograph: Tourist repsonses to a visual interpretation of a disaster [PDF]
, 2017 Photographs have long been used as a means of interpretation at museums and other tourism attractions, including dark tourism sites. Typically, such photographs are documentary, recording or depicting subjects relevant to the theme of the site.
Sharpley, Richard Anthony john +1 more
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A critical review of dark tourism studies
Hungarian Geographical BulletinThe 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 +4 more
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„Dark Tourism“– Evaluation of Visitors Experience after Visiting Thanatological Tourist Attractions [PDF]
Turizam, 2011 Although thanatourism is a unique kind of tourism, whose history goes back to ancient times and the middle ages, literature on this touristic demand is still scarce, despite the fact that classification and categorization of thanatological tourist sites ...
Marijana Bittner
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The development of tourism at military-historical structures and sites : a case study of the building complexes of Project Riese in the Owl Mountains [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction. During WWII, the Owl Mountains were the site of a large-scale military investment codenamed Riese. This project called for the construction of underground passages using concentration camp prisoners as laborers. Material and methods. On the
Matoga, Łukasz +2 more
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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
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Commemoration and Poppies: Cambridge, and Other American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries’ Mission on Anniversary Years [PDF]
, 2015 The English language does not have the words to describe something as powerful as this1 Around the beginning of August 2014, the grassy moat around the Tower of London became a field of red ceramic poppies to commemorate the centenary of World War I. As
Mink, Andy T., Ray, Nina M.
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Beyond Downton Abbey: Remembering the Great War\u27s Fallen Through Education and Marketing [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the expanding marketing and education mission of the American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC). Superintendents at overseas cemeteries and battle sites must continue their job of “keeping the headstones white and the grass green ...
Mink, Andrew T., Ray, Nina M., Ph.D.
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Miniaturisation and the representation of military geographies in recreational wargaming [PDF]
, 2015 Miniaturisation affects space in many ways: projecting it, transforming it and co-producing it with those who make and gaze upon models. This paper draws on Stewart's work On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the ...
Yarwood, R
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Guided by the dark: From thanatopsistothanatourism [PDF]
International Journal of Heritage Studies, 1996 Abstract Death is the one heritage that everyone shares and it has been an element of tourism longer than any other form of heritage. This paper looks at the historical development of Thanatoptic elements in travel and shows how the Dark Tourism to which this issue is devoted can be located within a historical tradition which sheds light on how it ...
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