War tourism

Tourists inspecting a damaged M41 Walker Bulldog from the Vietnam War near the Củ Chi tunnels.

War tourism is recreational travel to active or former war zones for purposes of sightseeing or historical study. The term may be used pejoratively to describe thrill-seeking in dangerous and forbidden places. In 1988, P. J. O'Rourke applied the pejorative meaning to war correspondents.[1]

  1. ^ P. J., O'Rourke (1988). Holidays in Hell (1st ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-240-6.

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