Changing taste and preferences of the tourists and development of concept of special interest tourism has forced the policymakers of tourism worldwide to incorporate this segment in their mission and vision. Dark Tourism has gained immense popularity in 21st century all around the world. Although India has shown much of a progress in developing niche tourism, one particular segment is still untouched i.e. With people now focusing more on alternative tourism, rather than traditional mass tourism, development of Niche Tourism is imperative. The preferences of tourists have evolved over the years. Tourism industry provides services which give some sort of leisure to the people. Tourism is associated with words such as leisure, happiness and enjoyment. This paper is a generalized outlook on a personal note on what is being done so far and what options are there available and where we stand as of now. We still have a long way to go, but there is a start. India is slowly catching up on this global phenomenon. Many acts of inhumanity are celebrated as heritage sites in Britain (for example, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle), and the Berlin Wall has become a significant attraction despite claiming many victims. The phenomenon raises ethical issues over the status and nature of objects, the extent of their interpretation, the appropriate political and managerial response and the nature of the experience as perceived by the visitor, their residents and local residents.Įvents, sites, types of visit and 'host' reactions are considered in order to construct the parameters of the concept of 'dark tourism'. By definition purpose, it means traveling to a location wholly, or partially, motivated by the desire for actual or symbolic encounters with death, particularly, but not exclusively, violent death, which may, to a varying degree be activated by the person-specific features of those whose deaths are its focal objects. And the one of latest in this is “Dark Tourism”. People from time-to-time have opted for different kind of adrenaline rushes to keep their cave-man craving at the behest. Tourism industry thrives on this human nature. Earlier if was due to the need of shelter, food and protection, and today the need is leisure and to be away for short intervals to escape from the daily hum-drums of the monotony of life. This has been our nature for thousands of years. People by nature are travelers, if need be, one likes to travel to great distances just see the unknown.
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