Dark Tourism
Places where wars or major battles were fought.
battlefields
Large areas of ice covering land, especially at the North and South Poles.
The original inhabitants of a region
Indigenous peoples
To regain possession of something
to reclaim
Something that is delicate, not easy to discuss and can easily offend.
Sensitive
The act of putting someone in prison.
Incarceration
Natural views or landscapes of the sea and coastal areas.
Indigenous peoples in Canada (not Inuit or Métis).
First Nations
To show respect, honour, or admiration for someone or something, often publicly.
To pay tribute
Something that is important
Meaningful
The place where 9/11 happened.
Ground Zero
When coral reefs lose their color and become white due to rising ocean temperatures and stress.
Bleaching
A guided Indigenous cultural experience in nature where participants learn about traditional plants, healing practices, and the spiritual connection to the land.
Medicine walk
To be an observer of a given situation.
to witness
Remote
Getting pleasure from watching others’ suffering or tragic situations.
Voyeurism
To use a disaster or painful event as a tourist attraction.
Turn tragedy into tourism.
The act of imprisoning or detaining people without a trial.
Internment
to vanish
Something in a risky/dangerous situation or might disappear.
Threatened
Specific name for the act of traveling to places associated with death, tragedy, or disasters.
Thanatourism
Traveling to places that are endangered because of climate change or destruction before they disappear.
Doom Tourism
A sacred Indigenous spiritual ritual where participants sit in a small heated lodge, use steam from hot stones, and pray or reflect for purification and healing.
Sweat lodge ceremony
To increase people’s knowledge or understanding of an issue so they pay attention to it and care about it.
to raise awareness
Something that gives strong emotions to people.
Moving