This paper reviews academic research into dark tourism and thanatourism over the 1996–
2016 period. The aims of this paper are threefold. First, it reviews the evolution of the …

This paper systematically reviews previous studies on the dark tourism experience by
utilising the theory-context-characteristics-methodology (TCCM) based approach. The …

Tourism destination image (TDI) in the dark tourism context is considered to be a complex
and controversial, yet rarely studied issue in the literature. This study selected three types of …

Dark-light spectrum was used to express the depth of dark experience in dark tourism.
Based on embodied cognition theory, this paper examined the visual expression of tourists' …

Purpose In India, travellers are beginning to pay attention to dark tourism recently. This study
aims to empirically investigate tourists revisit intention (TRI) to dark tourism destinations …

Purpose This study aims to explore how tourists construct destination images in the context
of dark tourism and reveals the relationships between on-site experience, destination image …

This paper explores motives for visiting a lightest dark (heritage) tourism attraction. Semi-
structured interviews were undertaken with 24 visitors to the London Dungeon. Few visitors …

This book focuses on the tourism industry in conjunction with the impact of COVID-19 from
the perspective that it is both negatively impacting the industry while also offering an …

This article frames dark tourism experiences employing the geographical concept of sublime-
as-affect. We contend that the sublime has features that allow us to analyse it as an affect, an …

Tourists in growing numbers are visiting historical sites for their historical value as well as for
the association with tragedy and death. As one of these sites, the Korean Demilitarized Zone …