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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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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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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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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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Travel, slavery, memory: thanatourism in the French Atlantic
Postcolonial Studies, 2014 ‘Travel’ is not a word that can be easily evoked to talk about the Middle Passage, the Trail of Tears, the landing of the Chinese immigrants at Ellis Island, the forced relocation of Japanese Ameri...
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Dark Tourism in Southern Spain (Córdoba): An Analysis of the Demand. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Millán MGD +2 more
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Thanatourism,Caminata Nocturna, and the Complex Geopolitics of Mexico's Parque EcoAlberto
Southern Communication Journal, 2015 This article provides readers with a critical analysis of Mexico's Parque EcoAlberto. Utilizing some of the theoretical work of interdisciplinary scholars who are interested in the study of “thanatourism,” the authors illustrate how this park, with its Caminata Nocturna (night hike), is much more than simply a “dark” tourist attraction that deters ...
Hasian, Marouf A., Jr. +2 more
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Online Aestheticization of Death: From Thanatourism to Digital Representations of Death
Media Literacy and Academic ResearchThe study examines representations of death in digital memory culture, focusing on selfies, visual practices at Holocaust memorials, and thanatourism as travel to sites of tragedy and suffering. In the digital era, these practices have gained new dimensions tied to influencer culture and social media aesthetics, where death becomes aestheticized and ...
Erika Moravčíková +3 more
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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
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Tourism ‘Death Space’ and Thanatourism in Poland
, 2014 Tourism space organizers use ‘death space’ for the purpose of creating tourism attractions and products in response to market demand. The article presents a short review of research into thanatourism and the use of ‘death space’ for tourism purposes in Europe and Poland, as well as selected examples of tourism assets and attractions related to death ...
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