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grief tourism

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grief tourism
n
the practice of travelling to a place specifically in order to take part in public mourning


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Mr West wrote: "The unfortunate inhabitants of Soham were subjected to hoards of grief tourism," as streets were overrun on the 2002 August bank holiday as coach trips arrived to see killer Ian Huntley's home and the college where he worked.
Most people's concern was unlinked to gratuitous grief tourism or any wish to be voyeurs of others' heartbreak.
 
 
 
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