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en studie om fenomenet Dark Tourism
Dark Tourism is a relatively new concept, but as a phenomenon it has existed for centuries in the form of pilgrimages and gladiator games. The term includes visits to places associated with death and disaster, and has in more recent years become a highlighted tourist niche. This paper addresses the phenomenon of Dark Tourism and the reasons behind a visit to such an attraction. To find out the motive behind people's visits, interviews were conducted with respondents who have previously visited one or more Dark Tourism sites. A total of 32 people were interviewed about what influenced them to go to such a macabre place. Observations were also performed on five Dark Tourism attractions, in order to provide a greater understanding for their attractiveness and appeal.In our research we found that, often, a multiple reasons lay behind the choice to visit a Dark Tourism site. Two of the main reasons stated by the respondents for their visits, were history and education, with the motivation that the abovementioned referees wanted to experience and learn about the past simultaneously. We also found that curiosity for attractions characterized as ?different?, was a strong motivation for many of our interviewed.