Meanings
- uncountableRecreational travel to view the sites of former atrocities.
Despite the rise in popularity of "dark tourism," a term describing travelers' visiting locations associated with death and tragedy, some in Guyana are skeptical about the tour that will take visitors to such a morbid site.
2024 December 12, Gabriella Rudy, Guad Venegas, “Jonestown Massacre site to reopen as tourist destination in Guyana”, in NBC News1 more example
The growing popularity of dark tourism suggests more and more people are resisting vacations that promise escapism, choosing instead to witness firsthand the sites of suffering they have only read about, said Gareth Johnson, a founder of Young Pioneer Tours, which organized trips for Ms. Joyce and Mr. Faarlund.
2022 October 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: black tourism, grief tourism, thanatourism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRecreational travel to view the sites of former atrocities.
Translations
Finnish synkkä turismi, synkkä matkailu
- synkkä turismiTranslations
- synkkä matkailuTranslations
French tourisme noir
- tourisme noirTranslations
Greek σκοτεινός τουρισμός
- σκοτεινός τουρισμός (skoteinós tourismós)Translations
Polish mroczna turystyka
- mroczna turystykaTranslations
Cite this entry
dark tourism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourism
“dark tourism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark tourism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourism.
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