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Hindi Journal of Tourism Research & HospitalityISSN: 2324-8807
Carla Silva Author
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Affiliation
Research Methodology, Sociology, Qualitative Analysis
Higher School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
Biography
Carla Silva has a PhD in Tourism from the University of Aveiro, a MSc in Social Sciences from the ISCTE and a degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Lisbon.She is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal, at the Management Department. She lectures under graduated and graduated courses of Tourism, Marketing, and Tourism Management. Presently, she is coordinator of the Master in Tourism Management.Her research area is tourism and her scientific interests include culture of consumption, mountain and nature-based tourism with special interest in tourism motivations and tourism imagery.
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Research Article Open Access
Dark Tourism: Concepts, Typologies and Sites
Author(s): Ana Paula Fonseca, Claudia Seabra and Carla Silva
Dark Tourism: Concepts, Typologies and Sites
Dark Tourism, understood as the type of tourism that involves a visit to real or recreated places associated with death, suffering, misfortune, or the seemingly macabre, is not a new concept, even from a touristic point of view. In fact, places of war, disasters, death and atrocities always fascinated humans and are subject to visits. People have long been drawn, purposefully or otherwise, towards sites, attractions or events linked in one way or another with death, suffering, violence or disaster. The concept of dark tourism has been designed and studied for the last years and many are the destinations around the wo... view more»
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