Mapping the dark: a bibliometric examination of research in Dark Tourism
Cogent Social SciencesThis paper aimed to identify research activity on Dark Tourism based on bibliometric analysis using the WoS database with the support of the VOSviewer.The analysis revealed 10 areas where the topic of Dark Tourism was found and the top five countries ...
Alžbeta Kiráľová, Radka Šperková
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Brand activation in thanatourism: a comparative study of the Bram Stoker Festival and the Whitby Goth Weekend [PDF]
, 2022 The life and work of Dubliner Bram Stoker influenced a niche tourism product popularly consumed today - gothic festivals. Gothic or “dark tourism” (thanatourism) festivals attract high spending tourists, usually in off-season, with implications for ...
Golz, Luisa
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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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Ghosts Among Us: Local Government Support for Dark Tourism Through Long-Range Planning Policy
Tourism and HospitalityWhen a community is thrust into the spotlight due to a tragic event or has a reputation given to it by folklore, it joins the pantheon of dark tourism destinations.
Beth A. Wielde Heidelberg
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Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China [PDF]
, 2014 Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath ...
Eichhorn, V. +14 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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True Crime in Portugal and in the world: an intercultural perspective on murder and serial homicide within thanatourism [PDF]
, 2022 This dissertation aims to better understand how dark tourism can be exploited in Portugal and if the country has heritage that can induce to a larger interest on this intercultural phenomenon.
Seabra, Isabel de Nunes
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City Cemeteries as Cultural Attractions: Towards an Understanding of Foreign Visitors’ Attitude at the National Graveyard in Budapest [PDF]
DETUROPE, 2015 The paper aims to reposition urban cemeteries within the tourism supply and to showcase their values as cultural tourism products that can enrich visitors’ experiences.
Brigitta Pécsek
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Thanatourism. From 'Death Space' to Tourism Space
, 2013 Książka składa się z sześciu rozdziałów. W rozdziale pierwszym autor wyjaśnia koncepcję, cele pracy i założenia, wraz z krótką dyskusją terminologiczną oraz analizą wybranej literatury. Rozdziały drugi i trzeci obejmują zagadnienia związane z kulturowymi
Tanaś, Sławoj
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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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