Abstract
In the context of the huge diversification in the field of cultural heritage, there are nowadays many touristic places whose main appeal lies in the connection with tragic events. Beyond the scope of cultural tourism, it may be confusing to classify them due to the extraordinary richness and heterogeneity of the different types of tourism as typified by tourism science. Thus, the scientific community uses several labels to name the tourism practices carried out in touristic places linked to tragedy. Among the many, it is worth pointing out dark tourism and memorial tourism, not only because of their undeniable academic impact, but also because of the media relevance gained. This article deals with the problems faced when it comes to determining the boundaries of what may be considered dark tourism or memorial tourism. After a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical contributions regarding both models, what is most relevant is why and in which contexts one term or the other is used.
Highlights
The field of tourism studies has in recent decades been the protagonist of an important cultivation that places it at a prestigious academic level, a constant stream of new, multidisciplinary contributions that help us understand the phenomenon of tourism from a variety of complementary perspectives
Academic studies on tourism, which enjoy an enviable health as evidenced by the great amount of scientific production on the matter, have provided a great variety of theoretical models that identify the many types of tourism that exist today
Heritage sites related to tragic events have become in the last decades genuine world-class tourist resources, a fact that has led them to be analyzed at the theoretical level and, to be categorized in scrutiny under one of the many models typified by the academics
Summary
The field of tourism studies has in recent decades been the protagonist of an important cultivation that places it at a prestigious academic level, a constant stream of new, multidisciplinary contributions that help us understand the phenomenon of tourism from a variety of complementary perspectives. Tourism science is extremely fruitful when it comes to providing new theoretical notes that contribute to the classification and cataloging of emerging forms of tourism. Arising from the evolution and diversification of cultural heritage, we find emerging tourist types of almost infinite quantity within the vast branch
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