“The phenomenon of ‘dark tourism’ has fascinated researchers for many years, but tourists are being increasingly drawn to places associated with atrocity, violence, and disaster. Historic sites include Auschwitz-Birkenau, Chernobyl (before the war in Ukraine), and Ground Zero. However, “experiences” can now be excursions to sites of slavery, war, the famous dead, serial murder, natural disasters and, as in the case of the OceanGate trip, maritime tragedies such as the Titanic.”
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