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The purpose of this paper is to examine the omission of Indigenous narratives in battlefields
and sites of conflicts while also highlighting how certain battlefields and sites of conflicts have attempted
to address dissonant heritage by diversifying interpretation strategies and...
australia
battlefield tourism
canada
content analysis
darktourism
emotional dissonance
heritage
indigenous peoples
tourism
united states of america
warfare
warfare tourism
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the Australian tourist experience at Gallipoli in order
to better understand how tourists approach and engage with battlefield sites and how the experience
may transform them. Specific attention is paid to the role of interpretation in shaping...
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In 1867, the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, undertook a
great pleasure excursion across Europe. Visiting a range of sites, from those associated with the
Christian Cult of Death to the notable cultural heritage attractions of the time, Twain published...
Description
This paper views the growing popularity of death tourism which directs the confrontation with
grief and mortality with the expressed purpose of orchestrating travel that culminates in assistance to
end one’s life. The specific aims of this paper are to describe the emerging...
Description
The purpose of this paper is to advance the conceptualisation of dark tourism by evaluating
both the supply-side drivers for dark tourism development and the demand-side motivations for visiting
two dark heritage sites in Cyprus
International Journal of Culture, Tourism and...
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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 media imaginations and
academic scholarship. However, despite a growing body of literature on the...
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers in this Special Issue of IJCTHR on dark
tourism. These papers take either a demand-side, supply-side, or integrated demand-and-supply side
perspective to understanding dark tourism. Collectively, the papers explore tourist...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the position of the museum shop within dark tourism
sites. In doing so, it argues that the shop has the potential to act as a further meaning-making vehicle by
reconfirming the museum mission within its merchandise selection. The analysis of...