Citation

Pratt S, Tolkach D, Kirillova K. Ann. Tour. Res. 2019; 78.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.annals.2019.102758

PMID

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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. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

Language: en

Keywords

Death; literature review; research; Dying; anthropology; Existentialism; theoretical study; tourism; Suicide tourism; Dark tourism; tourist behavior; Anthropology of death; future prospect; tourist destination