Welcome to Dark Tourist Trips!

About Dark Tourist Trips

The aim of this page is to promote dark tourist attractions, events, sites, other curious topics and to show tourists the darker side of tourism. I want to remove some of the negative connections with Dark Tourism, focus on the educational side and make Dark Tourism accessible for all.

The site also features…

Nuclear Tourism
Grief Tourism
Tombstone Tourism
The Paranormal
Ghost Tourism
Disaster Tourism
Adventure Tourism
Urban Exploration

What is Dark Tourism?

“Dark Tourism (also black tourism or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy… The main attraction to dark locations is often their historical value rather than their associations with death and suffering”

”Dark Tourism is the most educational form of travelling possible”

Dark Tourism also known as black tourism or grief tourism is tourism that is associated with death or tragedy. Some popular dark tourism sites are:

Concentration Camps (Auschwitz, Dachau)
Sites of Nuclear Disasters (Chernobyl, Fukushima)
Memorial Sites (Ground zero NYC, Hiroshima Peace Memorial)
Cemeteries and Crypts
Dungeons and Prisons
Historical Battlefields
Historical and Heritage sites
Museums and Education centres

Recently this area of tourism has sparked the interest of the media and general public and the motivations of people who visit these sites varies greatly.

Why is Dark Tourism important?

Learn about the past and try not to make it our future. This is more important than ever in our particularly divisive political climate
A way to understand a culture/time in history and observe it with with respect and an open-minded curiosity
Remind you of the important aspects of life, an opportunity to open up difficult conversations and to pay respect
Takes you out of your comfort zone and at the same time providing education

About me

fb_img_1556993020075 Sian, Urban Exploration- Abandoned Bangour Village Hospital

My name is Sian, I’m a Languages & International Tourism Management University graduate from Edinburgh Napier University & University of Sunderland. I specialised in Dark Tourism for my major project dissertation in my final year, this was before Dark Tourism was a popular concept so I undertook a lot of my own research at popular dark attractions. I have a great passion for this niche subject Recently I have decided to turn my passion, knowledge and experience into a career.

This website allows you to request a Dark Tourist Day Trip itinerary for a future trip or to get some ideas.

Please take a look around and let me know of your own Dark Tourist Trips so I can feature them on the page, you can send photos via the email address below, Also you can follow us on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/darktouristtrips/

Our Email address is darktouristtrips@outlook.com