An investigation of the Local Communities’ Perceptions of Dark Tourism Development in a Conventional Leisure Destination
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January 2023
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Abstract
For the last three decades the concept of dark tourism has attracted academic attention.
Concurrently, it is evident that there is an ongoing development of dark tourism sites that
include places associated with death and suffering. Nevertheless, there exist significant
gaps in dark tourism knowledge, especially with regard to the perceptions and opinions
of local communities on the development of dark tourism in leisure destinations. Hence,
the overall purpose of this thesis is to address this gap in knowledge. Specifically, dark
tourism, as a notion in the views of a local population and its potential development, has
been largely disregarded by academics. It has been identified that most investigation on
dark tourism research has been conducted from countries situated in the West, or as it is
called, from the ‘Western’ perspective. Hence, there has been little information and
awareness with regard to the topics encompassing the perceptions of local communities
over the development of dark tourism on islands that have conventionally developed
around leisure tourism.
Concurrently, it is evident that there is an ongoing development of dark tourism sites that
include places associated with death and suffering. Nevertheless, there exist significant
gaps in dark tourism knowledge, especially with regard to the perceptions and opinions
of local communities on the development of dark tourism in leisure destinations. Hence,
the overall purpose of this thesis is to address this gap in knowledge. Specifically, dark
tourism, as a notion in the views of a local population and its potential development, has
been largely disregarded by academics. It has been identified that most investigation on
dark tourism research has been conducted from countries situated in the West, or as it is
called, from the ‘Western’ perspective. Hence, there has been little information and
awareness with regard to the topics encompassing the perceptions of local communities
over the development of dark tourism on islands that have conventionally developed
around leisure tourism.
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