Dark Tourism

Experienced people say that dark tourism has a long history. Dark tourism refers to
visiting places where some of the darkest events in human history occurred. This can include
genocide, murder, imprisonment, ethnic cleansing, war, or disaster. Natural or accidental.
Associate the idea with ghost stories and horrors, but those who study the practice say it has
nothing to do with fear or supernatural elements. One dark tourism destination is Auschwitz,
memorial concentration camp site in Oswiecim, Poland. Visitors walk between barbed wire
fences at the Auschwitz. More than 1.1 million people were killed behind the barbed wire of
Auschwitz between May 1940 and January 1945. About 1 million of those killed were Jews,
nearly 75,000 Poles, 21,000 Sinti and Roma, 14,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and almost 15,000
others.

Research reveals that tourists visit dark tourism destinations for various reasons, such as
curiosity, desire for education and learning about what happened at the site, and interest in
history or death. Personally, I would also want to visit a dark tourist destination. It sounds
interesting and exciting to learn what happened there and the history of the place. I would love to
see Auschwitz Concentration Camps and discover that place's terrifying and sad history.
Different types of tourism can be associated with dark Tourism, such as Holocaust tourism,
grave tourism, heritage tourism, communism tourism, and battlefield tourism. Holocaust
Tourism is a tour of destinations related to the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust of
World War II that are still remembered and studied. Grave tourism attracts people to visit
cemeteries representing a sad historical time frame. Some people would like to see it because it
is the final resting place of a famous person. Heritage tourism is not limited to travel but also
provides access to and preservation of intangible cultural heritage. Communist tourism is a
political and economic system. Even in the 21st era, part of the world is still under communist
control. But it's like an attraction for people to visit these areas and interact with people like
North Korea. Visiting battlefields and war ruins, an unknown tourist destination, is not new. The
scenes of the First World War are the Somme, Verdun, and Ypres.

Whether you consider dark tourism ethical depends on several factors, including your
culture, morals, experience, education, and more. Some travelers find dark tourism disrespectful,
exploitative, or plain inappropriate. Others don't see that as a problem. Personally I
say it is great for people to visit these dark destinations to learn the history of the place and see
what happened. So people cannot forget about the place and the history behind it.