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Dark TourismAn Immoral Promotion of Death & Disaster?
UNIV*1200 – Sections 1 and 2 – Winter 2016
Tourism that involves travelling to places associated with death and suffering
Higher political Lower politicalinfluence & ideology influence & ideology
Sites of death Sites associated withand suffering with death and suffering
DARKEST DARKER DARK LIGHT LIGHTER LIGHTESTEducation EntertainmentOrientation Orientation
Hitory centric Heritage(conservation/ (commercial/
commemorative) romanticism)
Perceived authentic Perceived inauthenticproduct interpretation product interpretation
Location Non-Locationauthenticity authenticity
Shorter time-scale Longer time-scalefrom the event from the event
Supply Supply(non-purposefulness) (purposefulness)
Lower tourism Higher tourisminfrastructure infrastructure
Categorization of Dark TourismDivisionPerilous Places Towns of horrorDangerous destination from the past and present Dangerous Situations
House of HorrorBuilding associated with death and horror, Dungeons of deatheither actual or represented Heinous hotels
Fields of Fatality Bloody battlegroundsAreas/land commemorating death, fear, fame or The Hell of Holocaustinfamy Cemeteries of Celebrities
Tours of torment Mayhem and murderTours/visits to attractons associated with death, The Now Notoriousmurder and mayhem
Themed thanatos Morbid MuseumsCollections/museums themes around death and Monuments to Moralitysuffering
(from Dann, 1998)