Communitas in fright tourism

Abstract

Liminality offers an explanation of the threshold one passes through as they enter a tourist destination. Beginning with the anticipation phase of the experience a tourist travels to a destination for an on-site experience. Multiple thresholds occur for the tourist, yet during the periods prior to the actual event, motivations will likely draw or repel the individual. For dark tourism research none have reviewed these liminal experiences in fright tourism, the more entertaining and lighter aspect of the dark elder. To better understand the anticipation stage of the liminal experience, the influence of fear while entering a haunted attraction is explored. Fear is expected to contribute to the fun of these haunted attractions. During this liminal phase, communitas evolve where the social bonding of the visitors develops during the encounter. Characteristics of these groups are examined in this exploratory study.

摘要

阈限为人们进入旅游目的地所经历的临界状态提供了一种解释。从体验的预期阶段开始, 游客前往目的地进行现场体验。游客会出现多个临界点, 但在实际活动之前, 动机可能会吸引或排斥游客。对于黑暗旅游的研究, 没有人评论过这些在恐惧旅游中的阀限体验, 黑暗旅游中老年游客更有趣和更轻松的方面。为了更好地理解阈限体验的预期阶段, 我们探讨了进入闹鬼景点时恐惧的影响。恐惧被认为是这些闹鬼景点的乐趣之一。在这一阈限阶段, 旅游者在这种旅游偶遇中发展出社会连接, 随之演化出旅游者共同体。本探索研究探讨了这些群体的特征。

Keywords:

• Liminoid
• communitas
• fright tourism
• dark attractions
• fear
• tourist travel phases

关键词:

• 阈值
• 社群
• 恐惧旅游
• 黑暗景点
• 恐惧
• 旅行阶段

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.