Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of ‘hope tourism’ in Fukushima, Japan

Jang, Kyungjae; Sakamoto, Kiyomi; Funck, Carolin

doi:10.1080/1743873x.2020.1858088

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“…Indeed, because BM relates to enjoyment of different types of negative emotions and painful stimuli, the construct provides a way to potentially explain engagement in a very wide variety of tourism activities. For example, and as evidenced here, BM predicts willingness to visit a haunted house, which relates strongly to fear and disgust (Andersen et al 2020;Ivanova and Light 2018), willingness to visit a nuclear disaster site, which relates strongly to feelings of sadness and fear (Jang, Sakamoto, and Funck 2021;Yankovska and Hannam 2014), and willingness to go on an adventurous holiday, which relates to physical pain (Gyimóthy and Mykletun 2004). Future research may consider alternative theoretical relationships.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Such ideas resemble BM and its notion of perceived safety. The particular activities to be examined here have been linked to sensations such as fear, sadness, enjoyment, and fun by prior literature (Andersen et al 2020; Ivanova and Light 2018; Jang, Sakamoto, and Funck 2021; Yankovska and Hannam 2014) and the template analysis conducted herein, indicating that BM may be an important driver of engagement in them.…”

Section: Study 2: Predictive Validitymentioning

confidence: 93%

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Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism

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Journal of Travel Research

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Paradoxical at first sight, some tourists engage in activities involving negative emotions and even physical pain. Tourism scholars have begun investigating this phenomenon and have called for more of such research. Against this background, the authors introduce to tourism the notion of benign masochism, defining it as a trait describing a person’s tendency to embrace and seek pleasure through safely playing with a stimulating level of physical pain and negative emotions. In doing so, the authors root benign masochism in the notion of play from evolutionary psychology and develop a benign masochism scale that is able to predict various tourism outcomes, including willingness to visit a haunted house, to go on a challenging adventure holiday, and to visit a nuclear disaster site. The authors conclude by discussing theoretical and managerial implications as well as limitations and future opportunities for research.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 74%

Section: Study 2: Predictive Validitymentioning

confidence: 93%

Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism

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Karpen

et al. 2022

Journal of Travel Research

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“…Among the dark tourism benefits, there is a high proportion of emotional and educational benefits (Chang, 2014; Oren et al , 2021). Jang (2021) and Zheng (2020) found that educational and learning benefits were the most pronounced, followed by strengthening family relationships and promoting positive moral values (Kang et al , 2012; Jamin et al , 2020). This investigation contends that perceived benefits can be divided into cognitive ones related to earthquake or related heritage information and knowledge, as well as affective benefits related to self, family, society and life perceptions.…”

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“…Some think dark tourism provides venues for visitors to have contact with death (Potts, 2012; Chen and Xu, 2021); however, this may cause greater suffering for local residents (Kim and Butler, 2015; Jordan and Prayag, 2022). Others argue that dark heritage sites have significant benefits for visitors such as practical educational value (Jang et al , 2021). This raises several questions, does the development of dark tourism bring benefits to destinations and tourists and, if so, what are the benefits perceived by tourists?…”

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Visiting natural disaster sites as transformational experiences

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the perceived benefits arising from tourist activities at natural disaster sites, to analyze the influence of perceived benefits on satisfaction and behavioral intentions and to identify origin region’s moderating role. Design/methodology/approach A research model containing dark tourism motivations (DTMs), tourist perceived benefits (TPBs), tourist satisfaction (TS), protection intention (PI) and loyalty intention (LIs) was developed, and visitor origin was introduced as a moderating variable. Taking the 5·12 Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum as a case site, data were obtained by distributing questionnaires on-site, and the model was tested using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings DTMs had a significant effect on cognitive and affective benefits, and TPBs significantly affected TS, PI and LIs, with satisfaction playing a partial mediating role. The origins of tourists showed a moderating role in part of the influence relationship of perceived benefits. Practical implications This study explored the perceived benefits among dark tourists and built a research model of their influence on tourist satisfaction and behavior. This study not only provides suggestions for managers related to dark tourism development in natural disaster areas, but also offers the possibility of enhancing tourist dark tourism experiences by interpreting the psychology and behavior of dark tourists. Originality/value This research adopted a new perspective of the decision-making behavior of dark tourists. The perceived benefits arising from visiting natural disaster sites were analyzed and the relationships between TBSs and motivation, TS, PI and LIs were examined. Considering the specificity of dark tourism emotions, the research also analyzed the similarities and differences in the psychology and behavior of locals and non-locals in dark tourism. The research results enrich and deepen the theoretical study of dark tourism.

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“…The sheer number of tourists and visitors have undoubtedly put a lot of pressures on the daily lives of local residents at tourist destinations in Japan. Recent academic research, however, mainly focuses on the further exploitation of tourism resources [ 25 , 26 , 27 ], or on the recovery of disaster-hit areas [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Several studies are trying to advocate and promote more sustainable models of tourism [ 31 , 32 ].…”

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A Study on the Causes and Effects of Stressful Situations in Tourism for Japanese People

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Shibuya

2021

Behavioral Sciences

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(1) Numerous studies have been undertaken to investigate the perceived impacts of tourism, particularly from the perspective of local residents. Only a handful have dealt with the coping strategies of this group. In addition, they have largely neglected the successes or failures of the coping strategies and the related consequences. In order to address these gaps, this study aims to investigate the psychological impacts of tourism, focusing on the causes and effects of the negative feelings felt by local residents. (2) Methods: Several qualitative methods, including web archive research, netnography, user-generated content analysis, literature review, and ethnography were employed to gather the necessary data. Japan was selected as the context of this study. (3) Results: This study identified a set of negative feelings and a group of four coping strategies. It also found that the causes of the negative feelings, the bad impacts of tourism, were similar to those in other countries. In addition, the study verified that the effects of the coping strategies were only situational and temporal. (4) Conclusions: Tourism is not stress-free. In order for tourism to sustain, the causes and consequences of its negative impacts must be properly addressed.

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Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of ‘hope tourism’ in Fukushima, Japan

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism

Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism

Visiting natural disaster sites as transformational experiences

A Study on the Causes and Effects of Stressful Situations in Tourism for Japanese People

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