Meanings
noundark tourist (plural dark tourists)
plural dark tourists
- One who takes part in dark tourism.
Dark tourists have been drawn to San Fernando in the Philippines, where every Good Friday people volunteer to be nailed to a cross.
2022 October 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA
dark tourist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourist
MLA
“dark tourist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourist. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark tourist,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20tourist.
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