http://www.grief-tourism.com/farewell-to-ronald-reagan/ Travel to areas affected by natural disasters, places where people were murdered, etc. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.grief-tourism.com/farewell-to-ronald-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-6648 Difficult definition: what is thanatourism? - Grief Tourism Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:42:33 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/farewell-to-ronald-reagan/#comment-6648 [...] However, on the rare occasions when the word thanatourism is used, it often refers to very specific types of tourism (primarily type 1 – watching death – when the traveller most clearly wants to encounter actual death). This must include burials, such as Tibet’s famous sky burials. I have not heard thanatourism used to refer to celebrity burials, but I suppose it could be used for tourists who visited Reagan’s wake / funeral in Washington D.C. [...] [...] However, on the rare occasions when the word thanatourism is used, it often refers to very specific types of tourism (primarily type 1 – watching death – when the traveller most clearly wants to encounter actual death). This must include burials, such as Tibet’s famous sky burials. I have not heard thanatourism used to refer to celebrity burials, but I suppose it could be used for tourists who visited Reagan’s wake / funeral in Washington D.C. [...]

]]> http://www.grief-tourism.com/farewell-to-ronald-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Bob Casey Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:16:24 +0000 http://www.grief-tourism.com/farewell-to-ronald-reagan/#comment-42 I continue to enjoy Sharon's work. She is a superb writer. I am publishing one of her pieces in my next newsletter, The Poetical Journal, that goes out next Sunday. I continue to enjoy Sharon’s work. She is a superb writer. I am publishing one of her pieces in my next newsletter, The Poetical Journal, that goes out next Sunday.

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