dark tourism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dark tourism
First recorded in 1995–2000
Example Sentences
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Faarlund, who does not see his travels as dark tourism, said he wants to visit places “that function totally differently from the way things are run at home.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022
And yet his book is also a form of dark tourism, with doom hovering over each edible miracle.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022
For me, coming to the Sand Creek Massacre site is not part of the dark tourism movement - visiting places connected to human tragedy just for the thrill of it.
From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2020
With dark tourism, I would be very suspicious of a person who feels compelled to go to all those sites of suffering and misery.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2019
Shirley Suliman, general manager of Mercat Tours, believes Edinburgh's long, violent past creates a ready-made dark tourism template.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2014
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