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Reframing Dark Tourism: A Systematic Review of Destination Image, Ethics, and Educational Dimensions

Authors
Dicky Arinta1, *, Sumarmi Sumarmi2, Agung Suprianto3, Cinde Ririh Windayu1, Luly Triningsih3
1Tourism Study Program, State University of Malang, Malang City, Indonesia
2Department of Geography, State University of Malang, Malang City, Indonesia
3Education of Social Science Study Program, Malang State University, Malang City, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: dicky.arinta.fis@um.ac.id
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Dicky Arinta
Available Online 14 November 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Dark tourism; dark tourism; destination image; historical education; tourism ethics
Abstract

Dark tourism refers to the practice of traveling to locations associated with death, tragedy, and suffering, and has become a global phenomenon that has sparked academic debate. This article aims to review the meaning of “dark” in dark tourism through the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach based on the PRISMA protocol. The study identifies the dark tourism spectrum from the darkest to the most reflective and educational, and highlights how tourist perception, destination management, and digital representation shape tourism imagery and experiences. The results of the analysis show that dark tourism is not always exploitative, but can be an important space for historical learning, empathy building, and collective reconciliation, as long as it is managed ethically and contextually. This article also recommends the integration of the critical values of dark tourism into the higher education curriculum, especially in the S1 Tourism Science study program, in order to strengthen social awareness and ethics in tourism practices. These findings make a conceptual and practical contribution to reframing the understanding and management of dark tourism in a more responsible way.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Sociology and Educational Transformation (ICCSET 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
14 November 2025
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978-2-38476-485-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_12How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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