Victorians revelled in images and descriptions of murder and mutilation which would today be regarded as shocking.
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Disaster tourism and obsessions with sites of death and destruction can be a learning experience, not just voyeurism.
The 20th anniversary of the massacre at Port Arthur again raises pressing questions about ways of remembering the tragedy.
Might the rise of heritage tourism and the increasing ease of international travel lead to more of Australia’s military experiences overseas being better understood?
People love all things spooky and gory: but when does dark tourism cross the boundary?
Gypsies, tinkers, pikeys, travellers – everyone knows the terms, not to mention the even more derogatory ones. The Roma and Sinti people have been the subject of prejudice and discrimination in Europe…
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Professor of Marketing and Tourism, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Vice-Principal and Director of the Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Intercultural Communications (Tourism and Languages), Edinburgh Napier University
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