Using Dialectic Thematic Analysis in dark tourism: Combining deductive and inductive reasoning in a modular method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.08.001
Abstract: Abstract This study combines the results of two antithetical research processes: induction and deduction. Using a prescribed dialectic method commemorative pilgrimage at two non-substitutable sites is explored. A metamodel, comprising an amalgam of published commemorative… read more here.
Keywords: thematic analysis; tourism; dark tourism; dialectic thematic ... See more keywords
Dark tourism on Netflix: From place to person-dependent
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100823
Abstract: Abstract Dark tourism has recently garnered significant interest as a niche market on an academic level, witnessed by the increasing number of papers on the subject. Despite various attempts having been made to categorize different… read more here.
Keywords: person dependent; tourism; dark tourism; place ... See more keywords
Dark tourism: Growth potential of niche tourism in the Free State Province, South Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835x.2020.1847636
Abstract: ABSTRACT Dark tourism involves tourists visiting sites of death, disaster and depravity. Well known dark tourism sites include Chernobyl in the Ukraine, the 9/11 Memorial in New York, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; dark tourism; tourism growth; niche tourism ... See more keywords
Dark tourism and affect: framing places of death and disaster
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2018.1518972
Abstract: ABSTRACT This conceptual article brings to the attention of tourism scholars new possibilities to theorize dark tourism as an affective socio-spatial encounter. To do so, we frame dark tourism within theories of affect and, in… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; dark tourism; tourism affect; death disaster ... See more keywords
People's perception on dark tourism: a quantitative exploration
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2021.1889483
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to find out the perceptions of Indian Citizens about dark tourism in Indian context. Dark tourism is slowly getting attention among tourists in India. Here, cluster samplin... read more here.
Keywords: tourism; perception dark; people perception; quantitative exploration ... See more keywords
Cinematic landscapes, dark tourism and the ghosts of Port Arthur
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DOI: 10.1080/14490854.2019.1670072
Abstract: Abstract Since its closure in the late nineteenth century, Port Arthur has emerged as one of Australia’s most important heritage sites. This article considers cinema’s role in its evolution from former penal settlement to popular… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; cinematic landscapes; landscapes dark; tourism ghosts ... See more keywords
‘Making Tragic Places’: dark tourism, kitsch and the commodification of atrocity
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DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2021.1960852
Abstract: Certain kinds of death that have been touristified and packaged as commodities have been referred to as 'dark tourism'. It is here where tragic memories are retailed as kitsch mementos in a society of the… read more here.
Keywords: tragic places; tourism; commodification; atrocity ... See more keywords
Thanatopsis and mortality mediation within “lightest” dark tourism
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DOI: 10.1108/tr-03-2021-0106
Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to investigate the visitor experience at a “lightest” dark tourism attraction, focusing on issues of thanatopsis and mortality mediation. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 24 visitors to a… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; mortality mediation; dark tourism; lightest dark ... See more keywords
Politicising dark tourism sites: evidence from Cyprus
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DOI: 10.1108/whatt-08-2016-0041
Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to extend understanding on how the tourist experience at dark heritage sites is directed and consequently influences the narratives of cultural heritage. By discussing the way dark heritage sites are projected… read more here.
Keywords: heritage sites; tourism; heritage; paper ... See more keywords
Terrorism and tourism in France: the limitations of dark tourism
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DOI: 10.1108/whatt-09-2016-0044
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this viewpoint article is to discuss whether or not dark tourism can be developed around the sites of recent terrorist attacks in France. Design/methodology/approach: The article is based on a literature… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; terrorism tourism; tourism terrorism; dark tourism ... See more keywords
Dark Tourism, Emotions, and Postexperience Visitor Effects in a Sensitive Geopolitical Context: A Chinese Case Study
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DOI: 10.1177/0047287517720119
Abstract: Engaging the neglected intersection between dark tourism, the visitor postexperience and geopolitics, this research reports the findings from a survey of 1,082 domestic visitors to Lushun Prison Museum in Dalian, China, a Japanese-era incarceration and… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; tourism emotions; emotions postexperience; visitor ... See more keywords