Affiliation:
1. University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract
The growth of dark tourism studies is an unquestionable reality. Over recent years, a burgeoning number of publications have taken dark tourism as their main object of study. However, the evolution of literature which is based on dark experiences has been subject to great controversy. The present chapter reviews the strengths and weaknesses of dark tourism research today as well as the future agenda for the next years. The authors have identified five clear clusters that explain very well not only the dark tourists´ motivations but also the phenomenology of the dark experience.