Dark Tourism

Foley and Lennon (2000) defines dark tourism as "a phenomenon accompanying expression and consumption of reality and commercialized death and disaster scenes (by tourists)." Tarlow (2005, Pg 48) stated that "Tragic or historically noteworthy death continues to influence the visits of the places we live." Dark tourism is relatively academic research relatively Because it is a new term, it is not yet clearly defined at these early stages. The two most academic definitions I've included are still ambiguous and ambiguous, but they join in discussions and research in this area.

Dark travel usually refers to places related to disasters, deaths, tragedies, and various tourism activities taking place there (Lennon & Foley, 2000). Highlights of dark tourism include not only "horrible horror house" and "dark fan factory" but also darker content such as true misfortune and anthropologist's whereabouts and relics, but a good impact on dark tourism There may be. It encourages people to pursue the meaning of life and value each day and provides opportunities to balance death with the main death of society (Seaton, 1996; Stone, 2006). By visiting the battlefield and the Holocaust, people can remember the tragic history and remember the freedom and peace in commemoration of the dead (eg Braithwaite & Lee, 2006; Coats & Ferguson, 2013; Lee, Bendle, Yoon, & Kim, 2012; Strange & Kempa, 2003). Therefore, dark tourism along this logic can promote world peace in some way.

This phenomenon is very strange for the recently established "Dark Tourism Institute" or the iDTR at Central Lancashire College and is now an academic world. According to the website, "Dark tourism is a great place to go to death, disasters, or an eerie place." It is like a rubber band of a hotel. According to the iDTR, as an example of a black-and-white journey, from the memorial of 9/11, the "Roman marathon", the medieval executions, the 19th century European funerary tour, or the early visit to the battlefield such as Waterloo and Geddy There are "early" dark tours such as. Fort "

I would like to know about the new dark tourism institute held at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK last week. According to their mission statement, "The Dark Tourism Institute is aiming to improve the knowledge of death, disasters or behaviors of seemingly terrible tourist attractions." The director of the Institute is Philip Stone, a doctor working in the tourism industry. Be a scholar 15 years ago. After reading Dr. Stone's educational record, I got a new word because he has a doctorate. "Sensitivity" - Co-editing of society's death and reaction to death and "Dark side of travel: theory and practice of dark tourism" (Channel View Publications, 2009)