DARK TOURISM AND ITS REFLECTION IN POST-CONFLICT DESTINATIONS OF SLOVAKIA AND CROATIA

Abstract

The primary objective of this article is to highlight the importance and the potential for the development of special interest tourism, in the example of two post-conflict target destinations within the territories of Croatia and Slovakia. The basic ideological platform of the article is to define sociological and psychological aspects of special interest tourism, and dark tourism as a reflection of the current society, in the trend of increasing demand for places from the distant or recent past, in which some tragedy or misfortune took place.

Keywords

• Tourism region
• Dark tourism
• Tokajík
• Ovčara
• Special interest tourism