ABSTRACT

Dark tourism involves tourists visiting sites of death, disaster and depravity. Well known dark tourism sites include Chernobyl in the Ukraine, the 9/11 Memorial in New York, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Battlefields of World War I and II are also excellent examples of dark tourism sites. Dark tourism has become a niche tourism sector with great potential for future tourism growth. In South Africa, the FSGLTA acting as the marketing arm of the Free State, targets to increase its tourism numbers and therefore are looking for means of growing the tourism arrivals towards the province. Dark tourism has been identified as one of their ways to grow tourism. The main objective of the paper is to reveal the niche tourism potential of the Free State by focusing on the South African War (1899–1902). The broader aim is to establish the typical profile of South African War enthusiasts.

摘要

黑暗旅游涉及游客参观死亡、灾难和堕落的地点。著名的黑暗旅游景点包括乌克兰的切尔诺贝利、纽约的 9/11 纪念馆和波兰的奥斯威辛集中营。第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战的战场也是黑暗旅游景点的绝佳例子。黑暗旅游已成为一个利基旅游领域，未来旅游增长潜力巨大。在南非，FSG​​LTA 作为自由州的营销部门，旨在增加其旅游人数，因此正在寻找增加该省旅游人数的方法。黑暗旅游已被确定为他们发展旅游业的方式之一。本文的主要目的是通过关注南非战争（1899-1902）来揭示自由州的利基旅游潜力。