Disaster tourism is the act of traveling to a disaster area as a matter of curiosity.
That's what Wikipedia says, although other sources also indicate that the disaster tourists may be motivated not only by curiosity, but also by grief and fear.
Some of the most popular disaster tourism destinations include:
- Ground Zero in NYC after 9/11,
- New Orleans, Louisiana after the Hurricane Katrina and
- Phuket, Thailand after the disastrous tsunami.
Photo author: *Hiro from flickr.com
Disaster tourism - media resources
- Trend watch: Disaster tourism
- From CNN.com
- Disaster tourism
- From Salon.com
- Tsunami spawns disaster tourism in India
- The Times of India
- DISASTER TOURISTS
- Like most human tragedies, Tahoe fire is irresistible to spectators - from San Franciso Chronicle.
New Orleans - one of prime destinations of disaster tourism - Orbitz!
Disaster tourism on Amazon
Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism (Aspects of Tourism)
Amazon Price: $47.80 (as of 12/22/2009) 
Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development or Disaster?(Book review): An article from: The Canadian Geographer
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 12/22/2009)
![Hazard or disaster: Tourism management for the inevitable in Northeast Victoria [An article from: Tourism Management]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JCJJ37PSL._SL75_.jpg)
Hazard or disaster: Tourism management for the inevitable in Northeast Victoria [An article from: Tourism Management]
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 12/22/2009)
Chaos, crises and disasters: a strategic approach to crisis management in the tourism industry [An article from: Tourism Management]
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 12/22/2009)
Disaster tourism - Amazon Spotlight
![Hazard or disaster: Tourism management for the inevitable in Northeast Victoria [An article from: Tourism Management]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JCJJ37PSL._SL160_.jpg)
Hazard or disaster: Tourism management for the inevitable in Northeast Victoria [An article from: Tourism Management]
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 12/22/2009)
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