다크 투어리즘 관광객들의 관광동기에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Analysis of Dark Tourism and their Tourism Motivation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Dark tourism (also known as black or grief tourism) is tourism involving travel to sites associated with death and tragedy. Dark tourism is also a subject area that has seen substantially growth over the past decades. For many years dark tourism has been part of our fascination, dating back to the pilgrims. However, in a academic point`s of view, there is not enough papers regarding dark tourism phenomenon. This study therefore examines insight into the tourists who visit the sites associated with death, disaster, war or conflict. Specifically in this paper, 186 tourists who participate in a tour of Gwang-ju 5·18 national cometary conduct questionnaire survey. Using this survey method, this study traces the dark tourism participants` motivations related to their socio-demographical profiles and travel patterns. In addition to discussing specific aspects of dark tourism phenomenon, theoretical implications related to the greater realm of dark tourism motivations are analysed and discussed.