Comments on: Dark Tourism: A Fine Line Between Curiousity and Exploitation

By: 10 Seconds in Chernobyl « THIS BLOG IS SHIT. IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE COME BACK AT A LATER TIME…

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:44:56 +0000

[...] the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, and some who will write it off just as “dark tourism”, so let them. All I can say is that it was an experience that I will never forget and [...]

By: John

John — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:26:19 +0000

Perhaps a subcategory of Doomsday Tourism could be the desire to visit places that are rapidly changing by causes other than natural. For example, an ancient culture or country that is rapidly modernizing. I know that’s one of the things I consider when prioritizing my dream destinations.

By: Festo Simalenga (TANZANIA)

Festo Simalenga (TANZANIA) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:22:26 +0000

Dark Tourism should be emphasized because it keeps records for our feature generation and a certain country can generate money through it but in Tanzania people may not consider on it…….

By: The rise in Grief Tourism or Dark Tourism - Cool Travel Guide » Cool Travel Guide

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:36:31 +0000

[...] of these phenomena might have travelled from academia to the media and to the blogosophere (see the Dark Tourism series on Vagabondish for instance), has there actually been a rise in the practices themselves in recent years? What do [...]

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:25:44 +0000

Hey really enjoyed the article. Im currently an Irish student doing my dissertation in Dark Tourism in Ireland but cant seam to find many relevent sights on Ireland specifically, if anyone has come accross any it would be a great help.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:50:27 +0000

Hi Iam residing in South Africa, currently studying Tourism Management. I would like to thank you for your articles they really help i have gained knowledge about dark tourism and I am currently doing an assignment about this.

By: Juliana

Juliana — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:14:09 +0000

I’m currently living in Rio de Janeiro, and working on a post about favelas and poverty tourism. All the posts in this series were so helpful! Thanks for writing them

By: Kunzer

Kunzer — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:46:21 +0000

hey guys,

I am currently doing my research on dark tourism and I am searching for tour operators that are specialized on dark tourism…if you know any, please tell me ’cause it’s important…its for my bachelor’s thesis

thanks

By: wsouthteacher

wsouthteacher — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:55:47 +0000

I teach HS in FL, and I’m taking some students to the Mississippi Delta next week (flooding be damned). A major stop on the trip is a 3-hour tour of all major locales related to the Emmett Till case, from the Bryant Store where he “whistled” at the white proprietress, to the spot in the river where the body was found, to the courtroom where the killers were acquitted (and everything in between). I did the tour with a group of teachers last summer, complete with police escort; I stopped at the Bryant Store solo back in 2006 and had my life threatened by a pickup-and-gun-rack local. Dark tourism, with lots of ugly stares, indeed. Contact the Tallahatchie County, MS Parks and Recreation Department to arrange your own tour; they’re guided and free. I hope the students learn from the experience, despite its morbid nature.

You don’t need to travel very far to find some very scary history.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:43:11 +0000

I travel to North Korea annually and I would say that I am into Dark Tourism. My Cold War resume includes the USSR four times, all of Eastern Europe in the old days multiple times and Cuba. The West Bank was fun and I have spent a day in a Soviet jail. China in 1985 was fun.
It is thrill seeking to some extent but it is more about the experience. Has it been dangerous? My encounter with the East Germans was “unpleasant” but going where others do not has its reward. Romania was a nightmare in 1979 and the early 1980s but the amount to be learned about dictatorships was rewarding. Iran to me is not dark enough. As I say to friends, if they shoot tourists then I am up for it. See my photos under Zaruka at Flickr. Latest DPRK photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/collections/72157624768838428/