The Future of Dark Tourism

Enlightening New Horizons

Edited by Philip R. Stone, Daniel W.M. Wright

Publication date:

10 September 2024

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845418984

This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and examines how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It aims to inspire critical thinking by probing the past, disrupting the present and provoking the future. The volume outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor experiences and the thanatological condition of future dark tourism. The book provides a collection of informed observations of how future societies might recall their memorable dead, and how the noteworthy dead might be (re)created and retained through dark tourism. The book forecasts a dark tourism future that is not only perilous but also full of possibilities. It is a helpful resource for students and researchers in tourism, heritage, futurology, sociology, human geography and cultural studies.

From visions of a future where tourists will witness battles between humans and robots, to scenarios where the living and the dead will become interconnected in virtual environments, this volume cogently and explicitly pushes conceptualizations of dark tourism into previously unexplored realms and possible realities. Jam-packed with over twenty solid chapters, this book is an absolute must have for anyone interested in dark tourism.