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The moral gaze in commercialized dark tourism

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  • Shengrong Chen
  • Honggang Xu

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The moral issues related to dark tourism, which commercializes death and disaster, have aroused heated academic debate. This paper adopts an analytical framework that explores the moral gaze of tourists in the context of commercialized dark tourism in the time and space dimensions. The findings show that different orientations to the past or present (in the time dimension) and different understandings of dark sites and dark places (in the space dimension) bring about various moral conflicts for tourists. Four types of moral gaze are identified: the critical gaze, tolerant gaze, supportive gaze, and sympathetic gaze. This paper makes a theoretical contribution to the study of the morality of dark tourism and promotes the understanding of the relationships between dark tourism and post-disaster reconstruction. Managerial implications are discussed with regard to how to reconcile moral conflicts for the sustainability of dark tourism.

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  • Shengrong Chen & Honggang Xu, 2021. "The moral gaze in commercialized dark tourism," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(15), pages 2167-2186, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:24:y:2021:i:15:p:2167-2186
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2020.1828309
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    1. Zhang, Yachen & Moyle, Brent & Lohmann, Gui & de Oliveira, Renan Peres & Chang, Lu & Weaver, David, 2023. "A social identity perspective on dark tourism impacts," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    2. Jorge Alexander Mora Forero & Alvelayis Nieto Mejia & Ana León-Gómez, 2023. "A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of Dark Tourism: Trends, Impact, and Prospects," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-21, November.

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