Dark Tourism in Thailand - The “Touristification” of Wartime Atrocities and Crime
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Issued Date
2023-01-01
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00299138
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85194935051
Journal Title
Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
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165
Start Page
217
End Page
234
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Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft Vol.165 (2023) , 217-234
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Husa L.C. Dark Tourism in Thailand - The “Touristification” of Wartime Atrocities and Crime. Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft Vol.165 (2023) , 217-234. 234. doi:10.1553/moegg165-093 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/98648
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Dark Tourism in Thailand - The “Touristification” of Wartime Atrocities and Crime
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Abstract
Thailand with their past as opium traders in the 19th and 20th centuries, exemplified by the Hmong village Doi Pui. To analyse how different tourist groups react to the commercialisation of these sites and how their perceptions differ from one another, both local and foreign tourists as well as local experts were interviewed. Based on the theoretical concepts of “dark tourism” and the “tourist gaze”, the connection between commercialisation, “touristification” and memory is discussed.