• Nasir Yaseen Khanday
• Ruqia Ayoub

This research paper on the theme, Dark Tourism - A Special Case of Hall of Fame in Leh (Ladakh) attempts to conduct a focused amount of research to answer the questions about how Hall of Fame can be taken as an opportunity to give an edge to the tourism sector in Ladakh. The paper looks at some historical background information relating to the concepts of dark tourism. Since Hall of Fame is only destination located in Leh (Ladakh) which can be used for dark tourism, the main purpose of the paper is to study the existing scenario of Hall of Fame and to come up with strategies to enhance overall development in the area under study. The method is descriptive in nature and research procedure is unstructured and flexible in nature. The study accomplishes the SWOT analysis on Hall of Fame in Leh. The selection of the destination has been made on the assertion that the dark tourism is one of the developing forms of tourism and Hall of Fame can act as a potential destination of dark tourism with respect to Ladakh in general and Ladakh in particular. Data collection for the study is both primary and secondary. To have a clear understanding of the conceptual framework of the theme, the information required for the study was collected by direct observation which constitutes the primary source of data collection. Hall of Fame needs a major makeover and government needs to pay attention to the war memorial museum development in the area.

Dark Tourism, Hall of Fame, SWOT Analysis, Ladakh, Museum Tourism

"Dark Tourism - A Special Case of Hall of Fame in Leh (Ladakh)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.19-26, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREF06004.pdf

"Dark Tourism - A Special Case of Hall of Fame in Leh (Ladakh)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp19-26, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREF06004.pdf