<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sites associated with the dark and literary aspects of tourism can prove beneficial to travellers since they can play an educational role while instigating an emotional and intellectual response. This article illustrates how a tour to the Isle of the Dead at Port Arthur in Tasmania provided the nescient traveller with insights into the literary and historical heritage of the place. The experience also acted as an inner journey in that it challenged the traveller to reassess his engagement with travel destinations.</p></abstract>

Sites associated with the dark and literary aspects of tourism can prove beneficial to travellers since they can play an educational role while instigating an emotional and intellectual response. This article illustrates how a tour to the Isle of the Dead at Port Arthur in Tasmania provided the nescient traveller with insights into the literary and historical heritage of the place. The experience also acted as an inner journey in that it challenged the traveller to reassess his engagement with travel destinations.

Dark and literary: A tour to the Isle of the Dead

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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Sites associated with the dark and literary aspects of tourism can prove beneficial to travellers since they can play an educational role while instigating an...

Dark and literary: A tour to the Isle of the Dead

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 126 - 143

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2018-0020

Keywords
dark tourism, Henry Savery, literary tourism, Port Arthur, Tasmania

© 2018 Daniel Xerri, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Dark and literary: A tour to the Isle of the Dead

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 126 - 143

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2018-0020

Keywordsdark tourism, Henry Savery, literary tourism, Port Arthur, Tasmania

© 2018 Daniel Xerri, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
dark tourism, Henry Savery, literary tourism, Port Arthur, Tasmania