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Anyone who has watched the recent Netflix series Dark Tourist may have been left with the wrong impression of dark tourism. In the New Zealand documentary series, journalist David Farrier travels the world searching out the macabre and visiting places associated with death and suffering. In the episode devoted to Southeast Asia, for instance, he seeks out a shooting range...
‘Dark’ tourist spots are places associated with death and suffering but visiting them is not morbid, says the author of a book on the subject – it’s about remembering history.
If you want your next break to be something more meaningful than merely getting away from it all, new book Atlas of Dark Destinations is a good way of mapping out an itinerary.
Aksu. The History of One Railway Station That Became a Mono-Company Town Elena Garkava, new author of the Real Kazakhstan project by Kursiv and Chevron company, talks about her hometown - Aksu Photo: Anatoliy Romanov The Ermak settlement was built on the left bank of the Irtysh at the end of the nineteenth century. Initially, it had been used as a transshipment facility for coal that was transported from Ekibastuz to Russian Omsk. After 50 years, this big settlement changed its status and got a new vector for further development. Now many have known Aksu as a site where several bi...