dark tourism

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dark tourism¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

Dr Philip Stone from the University of Lancashire, who studies dark tourism where visitors travel to sites of death, brutality and terror, said the pair may have "enjoyed watching the distress they had caused from such spiteful, wanton ecological vandalism".

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The prison has been turned into a museum and “dark tourism” attraction — like Chernobyl — that serves as a reminder that Ushuaia owes its existence largely to the labor of the inmates.

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The kitschiness fuels a debate about whether commodifying “dark tourism” is distasteful or makes history more accessible.

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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.

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Eighty-two percent of American travelers said they have visited at least one dark tourism destination in their lifetime, according to a study published in September by Passport-photo.online, which surveyed more than 900 people.

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