Dark Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism: Dark Tourism Potential of Turkey
Akademik Turizm ve Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi,, vol.1, no.2, pp.325-330, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 1 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Journal Name: Akademik Turizm ve Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi,
- Page Numbers: pp.325-330
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Destinations create regional differences in the marketing field in order to gain competitive advantage and sustainability amongst rival destinations. The developments of the new marketing strategies for attracting tourist lead the differences among destinations. Furthermore, recently it is observed that depending on the demand for tourism there has been diversity in tourism habits. Thus, types of special interest tourism have occurred due to newly emerged different demands, habits, and interests. One of the types of this special interest tourism is dark tourism. Dark tourism is a type of special interest tourism which is associated with feelings death, pain, grief, and so on. The main purpose of the paper is to explain the concept of dark tourism and to increase the awareness for special interest tourism by highlighting tourism destinations having the potential of dark tourism in Turkey. In this paper, the importance of recently developing a concept of dark tourism has been emphasized and various suggestions have been made for future studies on the subject by giving place to the dark tourism destinations having the most tourist potential in Turkey