Pratt, Stephen and Tolkach, Denis and Kirillova, Ksenia (2019) Tourism and death. Annals of Tourism Research, 78 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 0160-7383
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Abstract
Although death is an inevitable part of life, tourism scholarship has not comprehensibly engaged with this concept. Death-related tourism literature has focused disproportionally on places and experiences of dark tourism, leaving a vast array of other dying-related tourism discourses at the periphery. Drawing on anthropological and existential conceptualisations of death, we develop an all-encompassing theoretical framework comprised of four dimensions: Perspective, Intention, Number, and Involvement. Supported by existing studies, mass media reports, and other secondary data, we demonstrate that the interplay between death and tourism is complex and involves a range of events, tourists' behaviors and experiences. The conclusion proposes future
research directions at the intersection of death and tourism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > School of Tourism and Hospitality Management |
| Depositing User: | Stephen Pratt |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2020 03:52 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2020 03:52 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12051 |
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