Dark Tourism
Current Themes, Issues & Consequences

  University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
Tuesday 27th March 2007

Dark tourism is the act of travel and visitation to sites, attractions and exhibitions which has real or recreated death, suffering or the seemingly macabre as a main theme. Indeed, the subject area has received increasing attention from academia, industry and the media alike. Consequently, in association with The Tourism Society and The Dark Tourism Forum, UCLan is proud to present a one-day conference event aimed at showcasing dark tourism current themes, issues and their consequences.

"Thank you for organising an excellent and informative conference last Tuesday. The diverse nature of the speakers and their outlook on the subject was both enlightening and, in certain cases controversial. I have never seen the six students I brought along so engaged (especially after six hours!)". Graham Jones MTS, Coleg Llandrillo

DOWNLOAD A BRIEFING NOTE FOR THE CONFERENCE AND PROFILES OF THE PANEL MEMBERS

PHOTOS FROM THE DAY:

Panel from L-R:

Professor Richard Sharpley, University of Lincoln; Professor Tony Seaton, University of Bedfordshire; Flo Powell, The Tourism Society (conference chairperson); Philip Stone, University of Central Lancashire; Frank Baldwin, Business Battlefields; Rex Bloomstein, Film Director & Producer - KZ; Professor John Lennon, Glasgow Caledonian University.

DOWNLOAD PRESENTATIONS:

WARNING: These are large files. If you have trouble with them please Email Flo to request them by email or CD (limited supply).

RICHARD SHARPLEY - Dark Tourism: Shedding Light on a Fuzzy Concept
Click here to download the PowerPoint Presentation (4.99 MB)

TONY SEATON - Something nasty in the guidebook: Approaches to Thanatourism Management
Click here to download the PowerPoint Presentation (10.88 MB)

PHILIP STONE - Making Absent Death Present: Dark Tourism and Mortality in Contemporary Society
Click here to download the PowerPoint Presentation (4.76 MB)

JOHN LENNON - Tragedy and Heritage: The Case of Cambodia
Click here to download the PowerPoint Presentation (1.01 MB)

The presentations from Frank Baldwin and Rex Bloomstein will be made available soon.

For more information on Dark Tourism visit http://www.dark-tourism.org.uk