To consume tourism is to consume experiences. An understanding of the ways in which tourists experience the places and people they visit is therefore fundamental to the study of the consumption of tourism. Consequently, it is not surprising that attention has long been paid in the tourism...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part 1: Dark Tourism: Theories and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Shedding Light on Dark Tourism: An Introduction / Sharpley, Richard -- Chapter 2. Making Absent Death Present: Consuming Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society / Stone, Philip R. -- Chapter 3. Dark...

This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of "dark tourism", the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death or disaster allows us to better understand issues of global tourism...

This book is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences.