80% of US tourists opting for dark tourism

A new type of tourism is growing rapidly in the world. Instead of going to a hill station or a fun place with family on holidays, many people are now giving priority to dark tourism. This is tourism, where people visit deserted places or cemeteries after a tragedy.

80% of Americans want to do dark tourism at least once in their lives, while 30% of Americans are waiting for the Russia-Ukraine war to end so they can visit Ukraine. What is the reality of the country after the war and how can it be brought out as quickly as possible? People love dark tourism to know such questions. This was revealed in a September survey of more than 900 people by passportphoto.online.

Prof. of Tourism Studies, Nottingham Trent University. Dorina-Maria Buda said that, in the past few years, tour operators have advertised packages to go to places with recent man-made disasters. By buying it, tourists want to see the devastation caused by recent hurricanes in New York and California. He also likes to go to ground zero. People are also going to Boston for the 17th century persecution center of accused witches.

People also go on ghost tours through dark tourism

People are also doing ghost tours under dark tourism. According to Borough of the Dead founder Andrea Janes, people are going to Okigahara, Japan's suicide forest, Pablo Escobar's luxury prison in Colombia, and McCamey Manor in Tennessee.