Dark tourism or grief tourism – Visiting DMZ from the Vietnam War era
A visit to The Vinh Moc Tunnels, Vietnam Dark tourism or grief tourism are being used as terms for tourism linking travel to places historically related to tragedy and death of people. The DMZ region of Vietnam has hard a harsh history for most people living there. To call it DMZ (stands for Demilitarized Zone) is not a very accurate description as this narrow band of terrain - five kilometres on either side of the Ben Hai River - saw heavy fighting during the war. Bombs were thrown at military targets, but civilians became true victims in the war leading to lots of grief. Illustration of how tiny the rooms are in the tunnels Innocent villagers were forced to live many years underground for protection. Yes, it must have been horrible, but there is no such thing as a dark tourist, and you should visit the famous Vinh Moc Tunnel with right intentions because you generally care about the world around you and its destiny. Most importantly, we can still learn from the emotiona...