Dark tourism (also black tourism or thanatourism) is tourism involving travel to sites associated with death and tragedy. "Dark tourism is the act of travel and visitation to sites, attractions and exhibitions which have real or recreated death, suffering or the seemingly macabre as a main theme" (Stone P.R, 2005). It is becoming widely recognised as a tourism niche for both tourism academia and practitioners.
The origin of dark tourist may be dated back to the dark ages of Europe, when priests would go to cemeteries and religious martyrdom sites, in order to mourn. The battle of Waterloo in 1815 site and the first United States Manassas became the first dark tourism attraction.
Dharavi Slum in Mumbai, Devil's Island in French Guiana and Ground Zero, New York City are three of the most well-known dark tourism sites. The London Dungeon is another good example of attraction. It remakes different gory and macabre historical events in a gallows humor style aimed at younger audiences.
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