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Exploring Niche Tourism Business Models, Marketing, and Consumer Experience
The term refers to a state of exemption generated by chaos, violence, or a state of crisis.
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Methodologies in Dark Tourism Issues: Modelling the Dark Experience
Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje (University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7242-2.ch006
Abstract
The growth of dark tourism studies is an unquestionable reality. Over recent years, a burgeoning number of publications have taken dark tourism as their main object of study. However, the evolution of literature which is based on dark experiences has been subject to great controversy. The present chapter reviews the strengths and weaknesses of dark tourism research today as well as the future agenda for the next years. The authors have identified five clear clusters that explain very well not only the dark tourists´ motivations but also the phenomenology of the dark experience.
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Mortality Awareness of Parents Affected by the Kahramanmaras-Centred Earthquake Disaster in Turkey
Each of the disasters such as floods, storms, earthquakes, etc. that cannot be prevented by human effort; catastrophe.
Published in Chapter: Mortality Awareness of Parents Affected by the Kahramanmaras-Centred Earthquake Disaster in Turkey; From: Rebuilding Higher Education Systems Impacted by Crises: Navigating Traumatic Events, Disasters, and More
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Dark Pilgrimage and Implications in Dissonant Heritage Consumption: A Short Introduction
These are mainly disrupting events that for what society has no answers or course of actions.
Published in Chapter: Dark Pilgrimage and Implications in Dissonant Heritage Consumption: A Short Introduction; From: Prospects and Challenges of Global Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality
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