Wang, Jinwei, Guo, Jiaxin, Lu, Guangjuan, Zhang, Saiyin, Feng, Ling and Morrison, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-1083 (2024) Beyond thanatopsis: the sublime experience of visitors at natural disaster sites. Current Issues in Tourism. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1368-3500 (Print), 1747-7603 (Online) (doi:10.1080/13683500.2024.2360152)

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Abstract

Understanding positive emotions associated with dark tourism
experiences is critical in highlighting their social significance. The
sublime experience provides a new perspective for exploring the association. This research aimed to uncover the characteristics and generation of sublime experiences at natural disaster sites based on two classic Chinese earthquake memorials. Using thematic analysis of messages in guest books and travel-based social networks, a model wasdeveloped of the sublime experiences of dark tourism at naturaldisaster sites. The model suggests that the visitor experience at naturaldisaster sites can be seen as a sublime experience. Safe experiences, diverse experience objects, and meaningful experiences foster positive emotions of dark tourism experiences. This research provides new findings on sublime experiences and has theoretical contributions for interpreting positive emotions in dark tourism encounters.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dark tourism; sublime experience; positive emotion; transformative experience; natural disaster sites; visitor experience
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Greenwich Business School > Tourism and Marketing Research Centre (TMRC) Greenwich Business School > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC)
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 16:27
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47610

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