grief tourist

grief tourist
Someone who specifically travels to the scene of a disaster or tragedy so he/she can visit it

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  • grief tourist — n. A person who travels to the scene of a recent tragedy to mourn the victim or victims. Example Citations: The commentator, Francis Wheen, has labelled the frenzied pilgrims that trekked to Soham the grief tourists . Grieving over two girls they …   New words

  • grief, grieve —     As U.S. travel abroad drops, Europe grieves (New York Times headline). Did it? I wonder. Europe may have been alarmed at, suffered from, or fretted over the loss of American tourist revenue, but is it reasonable to suggest that grief was… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • grief, grieve —     As U.S. travel abroad drops, Europe grieves (New York Times headline). Did it? I wonder. Europe may have been alarmed at, suffered from, or fretted over the loss of American tourist revenue, but is it reasonable to suggest that grief was… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • apple tourist — n. A person whose vacation consists of visiting apple orchards and purchasing apples and apple related products. apple tourism n. Example Citations: At harvest time, it is not uncommon to see enormous buses the kind you see taking gamblers to… …   New words

  • weather tourist — (WETH.ur toor.ist; TH as in the) n. A person whose vacation consists of tracking down and observing tornados, hurricanes, and other severe weather phenomena. weather tourism n. Example Citation: Tornado chasing, one form of weather tourism, has… …   New words

  • libel tourist — n. A person who sues for libel in a foreign country, particularly one that has libel laws favorable to the plaintiff. libel tourism n. Example Citations: The committee also wants it to be made more difficult for foreign libel tourists and big… …   New words

  • The Accidental Tourist — infobox Book | For the famous picture, see Tourist guy . name = The Accidental Tourist title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Anne Tyler illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English… …   Wikipedia

  • dark tourism — n. Tourism that involves travelling to places associated with death, destruction, or a horrific event. dark tourist n. Example Citations: If you have ever been to the world war battlefields in northern France, the site of the 9/11 terrorist… …   New words

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  • Travel and Tourism — agritourist apple tourist architourist baggage malaria barefoot luxury black hole resort black water rafting …   New words

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