Dark Tourism: A Conceptual Assessment
Chapter from the book:
Kaptangil,
K.
&
Bayram,
A.
T.
(eds.)
2023.
Researches on Tourism II.
Synopsis
Humanity has faced various disasters throughout history. These disasters have occurred from natural causes such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires and volcanic eruptions, or from man-made artificial causes such as war, nuclear explosions, mass or individual massacres. This type of tourism, called dark tourism, has become a phenomenon with an increasing number of participants today. Dark tourism areas, events, motivations and the factors that make these areas attractive have always been a matter of curiosity. In this study, it was aimed to create a conceptual framework about the situation of sadness tourism by examining the national and international literature.