‘Dark tourism’ is attracting visitors to war zones and sites of atrocities in Israel and Ukraine. Why?

There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon, with its own website and dedicated tour guides. People visit these places to mourn, or to remember and honor the dead. But sometimes they just want to look, and sometimes they want to delight in the pain of others. There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon, with its own website and dedicated tour guides. People visit these places to mourn, or to remember and honor the dead. But sometimes they just want to look, and sometimes they want to delight in the pain of others. Social Sciences Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories