Dark Tourism & What Happens to the Dead on a Cruise Ship?

As the days get shorter, the evenings colder, many begin to plan their mid-winter escapes. They reserve a chaise lounge in a tropical locale, a spot to soak up sunshine and relax before spring warms the air.  Others search for something besides a tan or surf lesson when they travel, maybe seeking out sites where tragedies have occurred to better understand some of what National Geographic calls "humanity’s darkest chapters."  It's called dark tourism, and if the pre-Halloween energies have you seeking out the strange and curious and tragic and macabre, listen close. Your next vacay destination awaits. Let's get into it.  The definition of dark tourism from National Geographic is–visiting sites associated with death, tragedy, or the macabre–draws millions of travelers seeking historical education, remembrance, and a deeper understanding of humanity's darkest chapters. The top dark tourism destinations across the globe span centuries of history and can be categorized by types. These include: Holocaust & Genocidal Remembrance. These include Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial site in Poland where around 1.1 million people were murdered during World War II and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia, which preserves the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime which killed somewhere around two million people in the 1970s. Kigali Genocide Memoria in Rwanda is the final resting place for over a quarter of a million victims of the1994 Rwandan Genocide.  The Traveling Dane, 20 Dark Tourism Destinations Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. <3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!