The so-called travel trend of dark tourism has mystified academics and sun-seeking holidaymakers alike for years, as some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death, disaster, tragedy, and atrocity are four words commonly associated with dark tourism. Becoming a dark tourist is a ...

CHARLESTON — It was dark. The waning gibbous moon cast a faint glow across everything that was not hidden in the shadows. The crisp autumn breeze sent chills up the arm. Tour guide Nathan Cowan led a ...

Fifty years ago, parishioners from Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple in San Francisco began to settle a rural commune in the South American country of Guyana. The Jonestown experiment ended four years later ...

Tourism has taken quite a hit these past 12 months. Economists are reckoning with the fallout. But tourism won’t die. Nor will the tourism of death. Asylums have long been locales for “dark tourism.” ...

This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. BERLIN — On a Wednesday afternoon in late August, I traveled to a tourist attraction in the heart of Germany's capital. If I ...

Dark tourism involves visiting places shaped by tragedy, violence, or loss. The sites that matter most center the people affected, rely on documented history, and are designed to encourage reflection ...

Dark tourism, a niche segment within the travel industry surrounding taboo topics, is poised for significant expansion in the coming decade, according to a recent report by Future Market Insights. The ...

DARK tourism is booming. Travelling to sites linked to death – the likes of Auschwitz, Ground Zero and Fukushima – are seeing increasing numbers of visitors. Peter Hohenhaus – a world authority on the ...

In a country that prefers to bury its darker stories under hotel renovations and high-rise developments, Empire Tours and Productions is doing the opposite: digging them up. Founded by serial ...