Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination
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Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination
Aleksandr Gorbenko Certificate in International Hotel and Tourism Management
HTMi Switzerland
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Introduction ............................................................................... 2 Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism ........................... 2 Dark Tourism Motivation ....................................................... 3 Positive Sides of Dark Tourism ............................................ 6 Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination ......... 7 Conclusion ................................................................................... 8 Recommendations .................................................................... 9 References ................................................................................... 9
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Introduction
Disaster tourism is a sub-category of grief tourism, or as it more commonly known – dark tourism (or thanatotourism). Dark tourism is the act of travelling and visiting to different places all around the globe, where death o r deadly actions took place (The Dark Tourism Forum 2005.). It includes travel to former sites of mass destruction, like Ground Zero after events 9/11 in New York City, and others, like battlefields, concentration camps, where millions of people died in tortures during the wars (Soanes 2006.). Disaster tourism is more specific type of grief tourism, which refers to visiting attractions and exhibitions of natural disasters. Some places are more exposed and vulnerable to natural disasters, some of them - not. But one thing can be stated certainly: disasters theoretically can happen anytime and anywhere (Redcross 2010.).
Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism
Dark tourism is not a new phenomenon, people started to be the participants of dark tourism, when there was no even such term like dark tourism or tourism at all. For example the Roman
Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination
Aleksandr Gorbenko Certificate in International Hotel and Tourism Management
HTMi Switzerland
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[Type text]
Table of Content
Introduction ............................................................................... 2 Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism ........................... 2 Dark Tourism Motivation ....................................................... 3 Positive Sides of Dark Tourism ............................................ 6 Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination ......... 7 Conclusion ................................................................................... 8 Recommendations .................................................................... 9 References ................................................................................... 9
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[Type text]
Introduction
Disaster tourism is a sub-category of grief tourism, or as it more commonly known – dark tourism (or thanatotourism). Dark tourism is the act of travelling and visiting to different places all around the globe, where death o r deadly actions took place (The Dark Tourism Forum 2005.). It includes travel to former sites of mass destruction, like Ground Zero after events 9/11 in New York City, and others, like battlefields, concentration camps, where millions of people died in tortures during the wars (Soanes 2006.). Disaster tourism is more specific type of grief tourism, which refers to visiting attractions and exhibitions of natural disasters. Some places are more exposed and vulnerable to natural disasters, some of them - not. But one thing can be stated certainly: disasters theoretically can happen anytime and anywhere (Redcross 2010.).
Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism
Dark tourism is not a new phenomenon, people started to be the participants of dark tourism, when there was no even such term like dark tourism or tourism at all. For example the Roman