Dark Tourism

Perspectives, Post-Disaster Contexts, and Memorial Sites

Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan

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Routledge
11 June 2025

Tourism industry; Hospitality industry; Human geography; Natural disasters

This book explores the multifaceted world of dark tourism and delves into the evolving perceptions and complex narratives surrounding tourism at sites of tragedy and historical significance.

Divided into three insightful parts, the text explores key aspects of dark tourism. Part I explores changing attitudes toward dark tourism, examining how tourist preferences and gender perspectives influence experiences at sites related to death, disaster, and heritage. Part II investigates how disasters influence tourism, exploring case studies from Cambodia, Thailand, and recent bushfires in Australia, and the impact on tourist behavior and site representation. Part III focuses on how memorials and heritage sites are managed and interpreted, with case studies from concentration camps to cemeteries, shedding light on the ethics of visitation and memory preservation.

Dark Tourism: Perspectives, Post- Disaster Contexts, and Memorial Sites is an essential read for students and scholars of tourism studies as well as for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of dark tourism.

The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.

Edited by: Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 219mm,
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781032960487
ISBN 10: 1032960485
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 11 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tzung- Cheng (TC) Huan is Professor at National Chiayi University and former President of Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan. He is also the Editor- in- Chief of Tourism Recreation Research and a member of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) Panel of Tourism Experts. He has been honored by the 2011– 2012 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, the 2013, 2017, and 2018 Emerald Literati Awards, and the 2018 Publons Peer Review Award.