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 …

Purpose–Commonly referred to as dark tourism or thanatourism, the act of touristic travel to
sites of or sites associated with death and disaster has gained significant attention with …

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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 …

Tourism, Tourists and Society provides a broad introduction to the inter-relationship between
tourism and society, making complex sociological concepts and themes accessible to …

Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is
situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role …

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the
contemporary visitor economy. Drawing upon the thanatological condition of society and a …

Dark tourism has passed into the language and study of tourism since it was first designated
as such in 1996 (see Lennon & Foley, 1996; Seaton, 1996). It is now established as a term …

Purpose The overall purpose of this study is to utilize the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)
in combination with four dark tourism constructs (dark experience, engaging entertainment …

Purpose The question of whether tourist destinations established in the aftermath of a
disaster will attract visitors remains unanswered. This study attempts to answer this question …