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Security, Dark Consumption, and the End of Tourism

Security, Dark Consumption, and the End of Tourism

Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781799800705|ISBN10: 1799800709|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799800736|EISBN13: 9781799800712
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0070-5.ch002
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Maximiliano E. Korstanje. "Security, Dark Consumption, and the End of Tourism." Impact of Risk Perception Theory and Terrorism on Tourism Security: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2020, pp.35-50. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0070-5.ch002

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M. Korstanje (2020). Security, Dark Consumption, and the End of Tourism. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0070-5.ch002

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Maximiliano E. Korstanje. "Security, Dark Consumption, and the End of Tourism." In Impact of Risk Perception Theory and Terrorism on Tourism Security: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0070-5.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter deals with the paradoxes of security as well as the rise of global risks which today places the tourism industry in jeopardy. Terrorism, lethal viruses, and natural disasters not only affect tourism activity but also changes tourism as we know it. Some voices warn of the end of tourism while others feel fascination for the emergence of new morbid forms. Whatever the case may be, this reflects the failure of risk perception theory and the precautionary principle to protect the industry. Dark tourism offers a unique way for individuals to understand who they are in the world. The premise is that the wisdom gains will liberate people. This liberation is a triumph over the institutionalized versions of liberalism offered by modernity. A content analysis of the visitor records at various dark tourist sites will attest to this. Our fascination with others' death also corresponds with a Darwinist attempt to adapt based on what survived. By means of “thanaptosis,” sites or communities obliterated by natural disasters, catastrophes, traumatic stories, or even terrorism may very well be reconstituted in order for survivors to make senses of these events.

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