‘Dark tourism’ — good, bad, or downright problematic?

From Chornobyl to Fukushima, the world is full of destinations with dark pasts (Picture: Shutterstock / Fotokon)

In 2018, journalist David Farrier fronted a Netflix show called Dark Tourist, which saw him visit places that wouldn’t be on most people’s bucket lists.

There was a Japanese nuclear disaster site, an exorcism in Mexico, and a space station in a former Soviet ‘Stan.

Why, you ask?...