USING A BIBLIOMETRIC APPROACH TO SHED LIGHT ON DARK TOURISM

Objective: The current paper attempts to examine the dark tourism concept via a bibliometric approach. For this purpose, 155 articles published on dark tourism from 1990 to 2020 were obtained from the Web of Science database (WoS). Method: We utilized from VosViewer software to analyze the obtained data. We chose a total of 10 parameters to be analyzed. Originality/Relevance: Although there are some studies to review dark tourism, unlike other studies, this paper created bibliometric maps of dark tourism by using the Vosviewer software. Main results: As a result of the analysis, it was found that the dark tourism literature is growing day by day according to the above parameters. Theoretical/methodological contributions: This paper has identified major themes of dark tourism and prominent studies related to dark tourism.