... motives and that these motives, although common amongst visitors, differ from person to person subject to demographic differences. This study provides an improved understanding of dark tourism demand, which is essential for the sustainable development and promotion of sites in South Africa and globally...

...María de-Miguel-Molina; José Luis Barrera-Gabaldón Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the concept of dark tourism and apply it to the Valley of the Fallen in Spain, a controversial monument that is a symbol of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent dictatorship. Design...

..., enshrinement, mechanical reproduction and social reproduction. Findings The findings of the present study reveal that the Sarikamish battlefield site has the potential for dark tourism consumption. However, there is lack of interest in the Sarikamish site, and little attention has been paid to this issue...

... in addressing what Seaton identifies as a gap in data on thanatourism consumption. Design/methodology/approach The essay draws on contemporary thanatourism theoretical frameworks, including Seaton's “Continuum of intensity” and “Thanatourism developmental sketch”; Sharpley's “Matrix of dark tourism supply...

...Avital Birna; Kenneth F. Hyde; Anna Farmaki Purpose 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. Design...

.... The centre is the cultural or spiritual core of an individual's values and meanings (Cohen, 1979). According to Cohen (1979) , those who travel in search of that core can be considered pilgrims. There is a growing body of knowledge around dark tourism and its various sectors. Academic interest has moved...

... international paper involving Indigenous and non‐Indigenous scholars from Australia, Canada, and the USA. Tourism Warfare Heritage Australia Canada United States of America Emotional dissonance Dark tourism Warfare tourism Indigenous peoples Content analysis Battlefield tourism Raynald...

...Avital Birna; Kenneth F. Hyde; Jane Brown Purpose 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...

...Avital Birna; Kenneth F. Hyde; Avital Biran; Kenneth F. Hyde Purpose 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...

...Avital Biran; Kenneth F. Hyde; Philip Stone Purpose 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...

.... The specific aims of this paper are to describe the emerging phenomenon of death tourism and situate it as a form of dark tourism, to present briefly the social and legal aspects of assisted suicide in conjunction within the tourism industry, and to conclude with how the trend of death tourism is potentially...