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Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites

Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites

Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje, Handayani Bintang
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781799828716|ISBN10: 1799828719|EISBN13: 9781799828723
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2871-6.ch011
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Korstanje, Maximiliano Emanuel, and Handayani Bintang. "Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites." Applying Innovative Technologies in Heritage Science, edited by George Pavlidis, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 231-249. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2871-6.ch011

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Korstanje, M. E. & Bintang, H. (2020). Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites. In G. Pavlidis (Ed.), Applying Innovative Technologies in Heritage Science (pp. 231-249). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2871-6.ch011

Chicago

Korstanje, Maximiliano Emanuel, and Handayani Bintang. "Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites." In Applying Innovative Technologies in Heritage Science, edited by George Pavlidis, 231-249. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2871-6.ch011

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Abstract

Death is a great unifier, not only for one who is in grief but also those who have similar shared values (i.e., tourist demand for visiting death sites). In this sense, visitation to the death sites denotes its importance to people's lives. However, as types of death sites are distinctively different from one to another, death sites as tourist attraction remains a segmented target market. This chapter looks at some viewpoints for making death sites not only for a segmented target market, which leads to discourse of virtual dark tourism (VDT) formation. With sound branding coupled with augmented reality (AR) as tools to support the claims of virtual dark tourism, death sites, which are considered exclusive touristic market offerings, presumably could be consumed by more target markets. Several issues and direction for future research are discussed.

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