Graveyard Tourism & Cemetery Tourism
Tourism of the dead! Ghoulish as it may sound, graveyard tourism or cemetery tourism is a growing phenomenon around the world.
Graveyard Tourism & Cemetery Tourism
The final resting place of the dead sounds like an unlikely tourist attraction, but tourist destinations around the world are beginning promote memorials, cemeteries and graveyards to attract visitors wanting to trace their roots or pay homage to long-dead hero’s and villains.
Most historic towns and villages have a cemetery worth exploring and many larger cities have graveyards reserved for the powerful, rich and famous (or infamous!) and a stroll around one of the big cemeteries such as Highgate in London or Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is fascinating and absorbing experience.
War and battlefield cemeteries and memorials are a big draw for visitors looking for the graves of long lost relatives. Many families can trace an ancestor who paid the ultimate sacrifice and is buried in a land far from home and the interested in battlefields from the Somme to Gettysburg, Isandlwana to Gallipoli continues to grow.