This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and examines how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It aims to inspire critical thinking by probing the past, disrupting the present and provoking the future. The volume outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor experiences and the thanatological condition of future dark tourism. The book provides a collection of informed observations of how future societies might recall their memorable dead, and how the noteworthy dead might be (re)created and retained through dark tourism. The book forecasts a dark tourism future that is not only perilous but also full of possibilities. It is a helpful resource for students and researchers in tourism, heritage, futurology, sociology, human geography and cultural studies.

First book to critically explore dark tourism futures

About the Author

Philip R. Stone is Director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Dark Tourism Studies.

Daniel W.M. Wright is a Fellow of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. His research interests are dark tourism, thanatology, futurology, technology, heritage and cultural studies and tourism management.

Reviews
From visions of a future where tourists will witness battles between humans and robots, to scenarios where the living and the dead will become interconnected in virtual environments, this volume cogently and explicitly pushes conceptualizations of dark tourism into previously unexplored realms and possible realities. Jam-packed with over twenty solid chapters, this book is an absolute must have for anyone interested in dark tourism. * Jeffrey S. Podoshen, Franklin & Marshall College, USA *

This unique collection offers a fascinating glimpse into how the roles, meanings, productions and consequences of dark tourism might evolve in the near and more distant future. Framed within cultural, social, political, technological and environmental contexts, the chapters collectively present inevitably speculative but nevertheless challenging, sometimes discomforting and often convincing visions of the future of dark tourism. This book is an essential addition to the dark tourism library.

* Richard Sharpley, Emeritus Professor of Tourism, University of Central Lancashire, UK *



Book Information
ISBN 9781845418977
Author Philip R. Stone
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Channel View Publications
Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 620g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 20mm