dark tourism

English

Noun

dark tourism (uncountable)

1. Recreational travel to view the sites of former atrocities.

   Synonyms: black tourism, grief tourism, thanatourism

   • 2022 October 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The growing popularity of dark tourism suggests more and more people are resisting vacations that promise escapism, choosing instead to witness firsthand the sites of suffering they have only read about, said Gareth Johnson, a founder of Young Pioneer Tours, which organized trips for Ms. Joyce and Mr. Faarlund.

Related terms

• dark tourist

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: synkkä turismi, synkkä matkailu
• French: tourisme noir m
• Greek: σκοτεινός τουρισμός (el) m (skoteinós tourismós)
• Polish: mroczna turystyka f

See also

• disaster tourism

Further reading

• dark tourism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia