Phrase guide

dark tourism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Recreational travel to view the sites of former atrocities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black tourism, grief tourism, thanatourism

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: synkkä turismi — Translations
  • Finnish: synkkä matkailu — Translations
  • French: tourisme noir — Translations
  • Greek: σκοτεινός τουρισμός (skoteinós tourismós) — Translations
  • Polish: mroczna turystyka — Translations