Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides original, innovative, and international tourism research that is embedded in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary theoretical and methodological thought in the study of dark tourism.
It is almost 25 years since the idea of dark tourism was introduced and presented into the field of tourism studies. The impact of this idea was greater, which attracted a great deal of attention from different researchers and practitioners with a good range of disciplines and farther tourism studies. This edited volume aims to capture a glimpse of the types of cutting-edge thinking and academic research in the domain of dark tourism studies as well as encourage and advance theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on dark tourism. The book also addresses several future research directions focusing on the experience and emotions of visitors at dark tourism' sites.
This book will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in dark touris
Table of Contents
Introduction to dark tourism 1. Dark tourism and World Heritage Sites: a Delphi study of stakeholder perceptions of the development of dark tourism products 2. Touring female crime: power and perceptions 3. Commemorative insights: the best of life, in death 4. Does emotional engagement matter in dark tourism? Implications drawn from a reflective approach 5. Designing dark tourism experiences: an exploration of edutainment interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions 6. Uncomfortable and worthy: the role of students’ field trips to dark tourism sites in higher education 7. Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of ‘hope tourism’ in Fukushima, Japan Conclusion: future research directions
