Tourism development and contested communities.

Dark tourism is defined as “visitation to places where tragedies or historically noteworthy death has occurred and that continue to impact our lives” Tarlow, 2005:48). Inherently, dark tourism conceptualises the consequence of a long-term conflict. This paper addresses the area of dark tourism in th...

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Main Authors: Senija Causevic, Dr Paul Lynch
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Association EspacesTemps.net 2008-10-01
Series:EspacesTemps.net
Online Access:http://www.espacestemps.net/document6443.html
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Summary:Dark tourism is defined as “visitation to places where tragedies or historically noteworthy death has occurred and that continue to impact our lives” Tarlow, 2005:48). Inherently, dark tourism conceptualises the consequence of a long-term conflict. This paper addresses the area of dark tourism in this context, an area which has received relatively little attention by scholars so far, focusing on its relevance to social reconciliation and urban regeneration in a re-emerging tourism economy ...
ISSN:1777-5477