Dr. Hemanth Peesapati,
Sr. Faculty Tourism and Hospitality
National Institute of Tourism & Hospitality Management
ABSTRACT
“Dark tourism” is a relatively new area of tourism which has grown significantly over the period of time and it is pedagogically related to Thana tourism. Tourists attracting to visit destinations around the world to witness the chronicle death, atrocity or disasters happened in the past. Researcher likes to fill in the gap in literature related to Indian context of dark tourism. The main aim of this paper is to create literature review in relation to Dark tourism in India and to comprehend its tourist motivations. Specifically, its researcher’s objective to present definitions related to Dark tourism. Researcher has used mixed method research approach literature review, interviews and surveys as they have generated great results relating to Indian performing dark tourism.
Key words: Dark Tourism, Motivations, Culture, History, Natural