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Dark tourism in the Czech republic
Kůtová, Markéta ; Petrů, Zdenka (advisor) ; Voříšková, Barbora (referee)
The aim of the theoretical part is to explain the term dark tourism, its forms and historical development. It describes the places that can be marked as the dark tourist destination and shows specific attitudes to the expression itself. The other part deals with the psychological aspect, possible reasons for this type of travelling are explored; it opens up the question of fascination with death and tragedy in general; it presents the moral aspects which can have the negative impact on tourists as well as on victims. It also attempts to highlight the presence of the ethical restraint and reasons for dark tourism is considered as very controversial topic. The practical part proposes to analyze the structure of dark tourist attractions in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, it examines the motives of their visitors and tries to offer a basis to cancellation of the taboo this topic. Regarding the tourism industry the work also brings the concept of the conversion dark tourist attractions in tourist destinations and their promotion by travel agent's.

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