‘From the Flames to the Light’: 100 years of the commodification of the dark tourist site around the Verdun battlefield

Virgili, Sandrine; Delacour, Hélène; Bornarel, Frédéric; Liarte, Sébastien

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2017.11.005

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“…Site attributes influence the tourist experience (Virgili et al, 2018). Our observations captured young tourists exploring memorials, Holocaust and war museums, cemeteries and exhibits focused on death and disaster (Burns, 2018; Price, 2018).…”

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Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

2020

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While dark tourism aimed at adults reminds them of past tragic fights, faults and follies, thousands of children and youth also consume inherent memorial messages at dark tourism sites. This paper addresses these unnoticed childhood encounters, about which scholarly discourse remains conspicuously silent. At present, dark tourism research focuses almost exclusively on adults and does not adequately explain young tourists’ experiences. How children experience dark tourism sites has much to do with their understanding of death. Because younger children may not possess an adult-like knowledge of death, they are unable to experience a site as dark. Other theoretical disparities include children’s limited agency in choosing their destinations and their unique and often playful exploration of dark places. To address the inadequacy of current dark tourism conceptualisations, we propose a new framework to encourage scholarly interrogation of children’s experiences at dark tourism sites. Drawing from multiple sources including archival studies and original research with youth, we offer a rationale for considering four major, intersecting influences on a young tourist’s experience: understanding of death, visit preparation (at home or in school), site and interpretation features and dynamics of the specific visit (e.g. group membership, norms and itinerary). Ultimately, this paper uncovers potential research avenues to bring children’s perspectives and experiences to the core of dark tourism research.

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Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

2020

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“…There are numerous examples of European tourist regions that include sites of individual and mass casualties in their tourism supply, such as the locations of major battles of World War I and burial grounds in France, Belgium, and Italy (Seaton, 2000;Winter, 2011;Irimiás, 2014;Virgili et al, 2018), as well as monuments and museums dedicated to the victims of Nazism in Berlin, Dachau, and Auschwitz (Wollaston, 2005;Brown, 2015;Liyanage et al, 2015 U državama koje su po svom povijesnom razvoju te političkim i socioekonomskim prijelomnicama u 20. stoljeću slične Hrvatskoj postoje ideje o stvaranju i razvoju kompleksne ponude tematskih ruta memorijalnoga turizma na nacionalnoj razini poput Slovačke (Horodnikova i Derco, 2015), Rumunjske (Ghetau i Esanu, 2010), Srbije (Minić, 2012) i Slovenije (Šuligoj, 2017a). Prvo spominjanje pojma memorijalni turizam u hrvatskoj znanstvenoj literaturi, ali bez točne definicije, objavio je Kalmeta (1981) u jezikoslovnom časopisu.…”

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The potential of memorial tourism development in Istria (Croatia)

Vojnović

2020

Hrv. geogr. glas.

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This paper analyses the geographical features and potential of memorial tourism development in the tourism region of Istria in Croatia. In the past century, Istria has had several political and socio-economic turning points, with far-reaching consequences for its overall development. For the most part, the historical turning points in the 20th century in Istria were marked by armed conflict, followed by individual and mass human casualties, terror, and the persecution of the population. The motive of travel in memorial tourism here is to visit the places where these tragic events occurred. Therefore, the aim of this research was to determine the geographical distribution of potential sites in Istria suitable for the development of memorial tourism. An additional objective was to propose thematic routes of memorial tourism in the areas of Istrian towns and municipalities. A secondary aim of this research was to provide a geographical contribution to the scientific evaluation of memorial tourism in Croatian tourism regions, with proposals for measures in the planning of the development of this form of tourism.

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“…However, the original concept proved too general with multiple variables, such as authenticity (authentic vs created [ 28 ], passage of time [ 26 , 29 , 30 ] purpose (education, entertainment, remembrance, propaganda), site association (site of death vs about death [ 29 ]), or if a visit is just part of a recreational itinerary instead of a trip’s sole purpose. Another attempt to manage a concept that seemed expanding with every new publication was to use four shades of darkness (or ‘macabre-ness’) as a possible start for a useful framework [ 31 ]).…”

Section: The Concept Of Dark Tourismmentioning

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Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel health care in ‘dark tourism’

Bauer

2021

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Still an evolving field in travel medicine, psychological travel health has not yet been linked to tourist products that may affect travellers’ mental wellbeing. Dark tourism, the travel to sites linked to death, atrocities and suffering, is a product that, on the one hand, attracts people with a keen interest in death-related attractions and, on the other hand, may inflict psychological scars. Of particular concern are travellers with undiagnosed or diagnosed mental illness.This is the first article bringing travel medicine and dark tourism together. Understanding dark tourism is crucial to appreciate the wide variety of potential stimuli leading to anything from amusement to travel-related psychoses. Travellers’ motivations for and emotional responses to visits of ‘dark’ sites provide an important input into individually tailored psychological pre and post-travel health care. Relevant recommendations include suggestions for education, clinical practice and much needed further multidisciplinary research.

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‘From the Flames to the Light’: 100 years of the commodification of the dark tourist site around the Verdun battlefield

Cited by 27 publications

References 33 publications

Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

The potential of memorial tourism development in Istria (Croatia)

Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel health care in ‘dark tourism’

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‘From the Flames to the Light’: 100 years of the commodification of the dark tourist site around the Verdun battlefield

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Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

Young tourists’ experiences at dark tourism sites: Towards a conceptual framework

The potential of memorial tourism development in Istria (Croatia)

Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel health care in ‘dark tourism’

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‘From the Flames to the Light’: 100 years of the commodification of the dark tourist site around the Verdun battlefield