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D<\/span>ark tourism is in vogue. It involves travel to sites associated with death, suffering and the seemingly macabre. Trips to former concentrations camps, sites of genocide, places of mass destruction, prisons and former battlefields are all part of the dark tourist\u2019s controversial itinerary.<\/p>\n

While not a new phenomenon \u2013 the Roman catacombs have been considered a \u201crespectable\u201d tourist spot for centuries \u2013\u00a0dark tourism<\/a>\u00a0has been increasingly popularised by glossy travel blogs and newspaper articles citing \u201cmust see\u201d dark destinations. Key sites for visitors include Auschwitz-Birkenau, Tuol Sleng in Phenom Phen Cambodia, Ground Zero, Alcatraz and Robben Island. War kitsch sells.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt from an article first published by The Conversation.\u00a0<\/em>Read the original article here: Dark tourism can be voyeuristic and exploitative or if handled correctly, do a world of good.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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