Dark Tourism Destinations — Top Dark Tourism spots and Reasons to Visit

Today I’m blogging about ‘Dark Tourism Destinations’ — a new wave of either morbid or educative Tourism (depending on which way you look at it) that focuses on places of interest that reflect dark periods or horrific times in history. Yes, Dark Tourism is essentially visiting spots around the world where atrocities have taken place and been turned into museums or tourist destinations. Examples of dark Tourism destinations include the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, Chernobyl and Auschwitz.

Criticism of Dark Tourism

What is referred to as ‘Dark Tourism’ has been criticised a lot by bloggers lately. Many have argued that places where genocide or nuclear disaster have hit shouldn’t be another place to tick off a list, and certainly shouldn’t be destinations for selfies or promoted as tourist destinations. Although I agree with this and would never take a selfie at a concentration camp, I’m actually an advocate of the principle of visiting dark Tourism Destinations. Let me explain why…

Reasons Why Dark Tourism is Important

Knowledge is power. Power to avoid racism. Power to avoid fascism. Power to educate others. It’s just disappointing that as a human race, we never really learn. Otherwise genocide would…