A BRIEF KNOWLEDGE OF

DARK
TOURISM BY:- MOHAMMAD AQUIB SAYEED
WHAT IS DARK TOURISM ?

Dark tourism has been defined as tourism

Involving travel to places historically associated
with death and tragedy.

Dark Tourism is also known as

• Thana tourism

• Black tourism

• Morbid tourism 

• Grief tourism
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DARK
TOURISM?
It is popular amongst people who are interested
in history and want to explore
the deep and dark untold stories that
are buried deep in the past. It is gruesome and
scary but has become popular
because of its unconventional nature and
experience.
 WORLD FAMOUS DARK TOURISM PLACES

• Ground Zero, New York

• Chernobyl, Ukraine
• Murambi Genocide Memorial, Rwanda
• KGB Headquarters, Lithuania
• Auschwitz Concentration Camps, Poland
• Hiroshima, Japan
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
• Volcano creeks in Pompeii, Italy
• Killing Fields, Cambodia
• Bikini Atoll, the Marshall Islands
INDIA FAMOUS DARK TOURISM
PLACES
 INDIA FAMOUS DARK TOURISM PLACES

Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar

• On April 13, 1919, in British India, the then acting brigadier-general

of the British Indian Army, General Reginald Dyer ordered the troops
of his army to fire their rifles into a crowd of unarmed civilians
at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, without giving them any warning.
• The public garden, walled on all sides with only five enterances was
blocked from all the sides and the troops continued to fire until all
their ammunition was almost exhausted.
• The number of casualties estimated by the Congress was
approximately 1,500 injured and 1,000 dead.
Kala Pani, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Built in 1906 by the Indian British Government to torture and isolate the
Indian freedom fighters, Kalapani was often known as the prison of death.
It was often said that very few who were sent there, made it back alive. The
cellular jail still has all the equipment that was used to punish the
prisoners. It paints a very gruesome and sad picture and visitors mostly
feel acute depression after the visit.

Roopkund, Uttarakhand
Popularly known as the 'lake of skulls', this stunning lake is
present at an altitude of around 5,000 meters above the sea level.
It has a presence of almost 200 human skeletons around it.
Scientists have concluded that the skeletal remains belonged to
people from the ninth century who must have been hurt by
something and died, probably a glacial storm. The lake
remains frozen for most part of the year, but when the lake melts,
remains of flesh, hair and skeletons are found here.
 Taj Mahal, Agra
What is today known as one of the '7
wonders of the world' and is a UNESCO
world heritage site, has been a source of
pain to many people. There exist many
stories about how Shahjahan got the
thumbs of the workers chopped off after
they were done with the construction of Taj
Mahal. His own wife, Mumtaz Mahal
sleeps in her grave just below the Taj
Mahal.

Union Carbide subsidiary plant, Bhopal

Often considered world's worst industrial disaster, Bhopal Gas Tragedy was
a gas leak incident on the night of December 3, 1984 at the UCIL pesticide
plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Over 5 lakh people were exposed to 42
tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas, which is considered to be a highly toxic
substance. People reported burning sensation in their lungs and thousands
died immediately. According to the government records, the death toll went
up to 3,787. Today, this site is one of the most popular dark tourism
destinations in India. 
There are some more DarkTourism Sites in India such as TAJ Hotel in Mumbai, Bhuj
in Gujarat, The Residency in Lucknow, Wagha Border, VARANASI
GHATS and many more. These sites has gain popularity few years back in DARK TOURISM
in INDIA
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