نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار، گروه جغرافیا و برنامهریزی شهری، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه سیدجمال الدین اسدآبادی، اسدآباد، ایران
2 استادیار گروه ایرانشناسی، دانشکده ایرانشناسی، دانشگاه ولیعصر رفسنجان، رفسنجان، ایران.
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Dark tourism, focuses on visits to destinations associated with death, disaster, and suffering. This study employed scientometric analysis and thematic clustering to examine patterns, research gaps, and emerging topics. The dataset comprised 1,293 sources (books, articles, and book chapters) from Scopus (1988–2025), analyzed using VOSviewer for keyword co-occurrence mapping. Findings revealed that "dark tourism," "cultural heritage," and "death" exhibited the highest frequency and link strength. Temporal keyword overlap revealed evolving trends, with concepts such as sustainability, collective memory, and well-being gaining prominence after 2020. Existing research predominantly focuses on specific events while neglecting cross-destination comparisons. Major gaps include a shortage of qualitative studies, insufficient attention to ethical and environmental dimensions, and the limited role of digital technology. Emerging themes encompass dark tourism in the digital age, climate change impacts, mental health, human rights, and urbanization.
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