dark tourism

American  

noun

1. tourist travel to areas affected by or associated with disasters or other public tragedies.

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Etymology

Origin of dark tourism

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

Faarlund, 52, has visited places that fall under a category of travel known as dark tourism, an all-encompassing term that boils down to visiting places associated with death, tragedy and the macabre.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022

And yet his book is also a form of dark tourism, with doom hovering over each edible miracle.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

For me, coming to the Sand Creek Massacre site is not part of the dark tourism movement - visiting places connected to human tragedy just for the thrill of it.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2020

With dark tourism, I would be very suspicious of a person who feels compelled to go to all those sites of suffering and misery.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2019

Shirley Suliman, general manager of Mercat Tours, believes Edinburgh's long, violent past creates a ready-made dark tourism template.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2014