• Punitha. S. J
• Dr. Rajashekar. H

Dark tourism is popular and wide spread only from the 20th century. This type of tourism is often selected by people who have special interest and curiosity to know what had happened in the past. The concept of dark tourism was introduced by J J Lennon and M Foley. They described it as “the attraction of visitors to tourism sites associated with recent & historic incidents of death & disaster” It is well known that nature cannot be created, but still people are curious to experience holocaust tourism, cold war and iron curtain tourism, ivky tourism, black spot tourism, memorial tourism and many more. This paper is an attempt to highlight some of the different types of dark tourist destinations of the past in various parts of the world. Tourists should be courageous to plan this type of tourism activity.

Dark tourism, disaster, destination.

"Review of Literature -Dark Tourism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.69-76, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRO006007.pdf

"Review of Literature -Dark Tourism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp69-76, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRO006007.pdf