Claudia Seabra | Author | SciTechnol | Journal of Tourism Resear

Claudia Seabra Author

cseabra@estv.ipv.pt +351232480500

Subjects of specialization
tourism, pedagogy, tourism management, Research Methods, Social Behavior

Affiliation
Higher School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

Biography

Cláudia Seabra, is Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu – Higher School of Technology and Management. She has publications in the Journal of Business Research, Tourism Management and chapters in Scientific Books. She is affiliated with the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and Centerfor Studies in Education, Technologies and Health, She is interested in the research of services marketing, tourism and pedagogy.

Publications

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»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8807.S2-002

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