First World War Cemeteries: Insights from Visitor Books

Winter, Caroline

doi:10.1080/14616688.2011.575075

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“…The narration of the war provides a foundation for both social meaning and mourning when one identifies as an upstanding member of the society. Despite the fact that Sharpley's classification claims of an implicit understanding towards the relation to death, battlefield tourism is conceivably richer in motivations, meanings, and experiences as compared to other forms of dark tourism (Winter, 2011). A dark tourism site is expected to encapsulate spontaneity to prevent any fake perception and ideological resources, to construct a myth by which social cohesion is forged.…”

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Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields

Topçu

2020

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Certain unconventional tourism activities such as visiting battlefields, old prisons, or crash sites encompass dark tourism and have become the focus of scholarly pursuit. The term was established in relation to the Gallipoli Battlefields; which has been examined mostly in the context of its importance to Australian and New Zealander national identities. As represented by numerous memorials and well-established historical narration, the Battle in Gallipoli is credited as one of the most important representations of Turkish nationality. This research aims to investigate the motivations of Turkish visitors to Gallipoli in terms of consumption experiences and to clarify empirically motivations of Turkish visitors to Gallipoli. An explorative questionnaire was directed to respondents via e-mail, and analyses were conducted with 236 valid forms. Data supports that rather than personal motivation, visiting Gallipoli reflects politically constructed meanings for Turkish visitors. Gallipoli narration is therefore eligibly expounded as national rhetoric and motivations for visiting the site are compatible with group consumption behavior.

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Section: Discussion Of Dark Tourism Consumptionmentioning

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Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields

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2020

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“…There are numerous examples of European tourist regions that include sites of individual and mass casualties in their tourism supply, such as the locations of major battles of World War I and burial grounds in France, Belgium, and Italy (Seaton, 2000;Winter, 2011;Irimiás, 2014;Virgili et al, 2018), as well as monuments and museums dedicated to the victims of Nazism in Berlin, Dachau, and Auschwitz (Wollaston, 2005;Brown, 2015;Liyanage et al, 2015 U državama koje su po svom povijesnom razvoju te političkim i socioekonomskim prijelomnicama u 20. stoljeću slične Hrvatskoj postoje ideje o stvaranju i razvoju kompleksne ponude tematskih ruta memorijalnoga turizma na nacionalnoj razini poput Slovačke (Horodnikova i Derco, 2015), Rumunjske (Ghetau i Esanu, 2010), Srbije (Minić, 2012) i Slovenije (Šuligoj, 2017a). Prvo spominjanje pojma memorijalni turizam u hrvatskoj znanstvenoj literaturi, ali bez točne definicije, objavio je Kalmeta (1981) u jezikoslovnom časopisu.…”

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“…Brojni su primjeri europskih turističkih regija koje u svojoj turističkoj ponudi uključuju mjesta pojedinačnih i masovnih žrtava, poput mjesta velikih bitaka iz Prvoga svjetskog rata i groblja u Francuskoj, Belgiji i Italiji (Seaton, 2000;Winter, 2011;Irimiás, 2014;Virgili i dr., 2018. ) ili spomenika i muzeja žrtava nacizma u Berlinu, Dachauu i Auschwitzu (Wollaston, 2005;Brown, 2015;Liyanage i dr., 2015).…”

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The potential of memorial tourism development in Istria (Croatia)

Vojnović

2020

Hrv. geogr. glas.

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This paper analyses the geographical features and potential of memorial tourism development in the tourism region of Istria in Croatia. In the past century, Istria has had several political and socio-economic turning points, with far-reaching consequences for its overall development. For the most part, the historical turning points in the 20th century in Istria were marked by armed conflict, followed by individual and mass human casualties, terror, and the persecution of the population. The motive of travel in memorial tourism here is to visit the places where these tragic events occurred. Therefore, the aim of this research was to determine the geographical distribution of potential sites in Istria suitable for the development of memorial tourism. An additional objective was to propose thematic routes of memorial tourism in the areas of Istrian towns and municipalities. A secondary aim of this research was to provide a geographical contribution to the scientific evaluation of memorial tourism in Croatian tourism regions, with proposals for measures in the planning of the development of this form of tourism.

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“…They discussed that most tourists visit heritage sites such as war cemeteries because they feel morally obliged to do so. Battlefields, graveyards, cemeteries, war memorials impregnated with heroic values are the tangible heritage of war but also represent a place of remembrance for contemporary society (Chronis, 2005(Chronis, , 2012Frost, Wheeler, & Harvey, 2009;Winter, 2009Winter, , 2011. As Ryan (2007) observed visits to battlefields might elicit emotions among descendants of the fallen but also among tourists with a major sensibility towards ancestors.…”

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The Great War heritage site management in Trentino, northern Italy

Irimiás

2014

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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The preparations for the 100th anniversary of the Great War outbreak turn the lights on war heritage. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the war heritage site management in northern Italy considering the role of stakeholders and the marketing efforts to promote the renovated heritage sites. Trentino-Alto Adige, an Italian Alpine region, constitutes the area of this study. In the Great War, the region, one of the historical border areas of Italy under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, witnessed heavy fighting in extreme environmental conditions. The tangible heritage of the frontline in the high Alps has recently been renovated and marketed in tourism. The conservation efforts to revalue the sites and to promote thematic routes linking war heritage in the region have gained interest from stakeholders. However, the institutions, museums, voluntary associations and tourism organizations involved in site management have different priorities. The findings show that significant effort has been invested to conserve and to exploit war heritage, however, regarding site management and visitor interpretation for international tourists' needs seem to be neglected.

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First World War Cemeteries: Insights from Visitor Books

Cited by 45 publications

References 27 publications

Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields

Consuming history in a political context: Motivations of Turkish visitors of the Gallipoli Battlefields

The potential of memorial tourism development in Istria (Croatia)

The Great War heritage site management in Trentino, northern Italy

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