28 April 2026

Communitas in fright tourism

 Communitas in fright tourism



Communitas in fright tourism: Tourism Geographies: Vol 22 , No 2 - Get Access

Liminality offers an explanation of the threshold one passes through as they enter a tourist destination. Beginning with the anticipation phase of the experience a tourist travels to a destination for an on-site experience. Multiple thresholds occur for the tourist, yet during the periods prior to the actual event, motivations will likely draw or repel the individual. For dark tourism research none have reviewed these liminal experiences in fright tourism, the more entertaining and lighter aspect of the dark elder. To better understand the anticipation stage of the liminal experience, the influence of fear while entering a haunted attraction is explored. Fear is expected to contribute to the fun of these haunted attractions. During this liminal phase, communitas evolve where the social bonding of the visitors develops during the encounter. Characteristics of these groups are examined in this exploratory study.

摘要

阈限为人们进入旅游目的地所经历的临界状态提供了一种解释。从体验的预期阶段开始, 游客前往目的地进行现场体验。游客会出现多个临界点, 但在实际活动之前, 动机可能会吸引或排斥游客。对于黑暗旅游的研究, 没有人评论过这些在恐惧旅游中的阀限体验, 黑暗旅游中老年游客更有趣和更轻松的方面。为了更好地理解阈限体验的预期阶段, 我们探讨了进入闹鬼景点时恐惧的影响。恐惧被认为是这些闹鬼景点的乐趣之一。在这一阈限阶段, 旅游者在这种旅游偶遇中发展出社会连接, 随之演化出旅游者共同体。本探索研究探讨了这些群体的特征。


Keywords:

Liminoid communitas fright tourism dark attractions fear tourist travel phases


关键词:

Liminality offers an explanation of the threshold one passes through as they enter a tourist destination. Beginning with the anticipation phase of the experience a tourist travels to a destination for an on-site experience. Multiple thresholds occur for the tourist, yet during the periods prior to the actual event, motivations will likely draw or repel the individual. For dark tourism research none have reviewed these liminal experiences in fright tourism, the more entertaining and lighter aspect of the dark elder. To better understand the anticipation stage of the liminal experience, the influence of fear while entering a haunted attraction is explored. Fear is expected to contribute to the fun of these haunted attractions. During this liminal phase, communitas evolve where the social bonding of the visitors develops during the encounter. Characteristics of these groups are examined in this exploratory study.

摘要

阈限为人们进入旅游目的地所经历的临界状态提供了一种解释。从体验的预期阶段开始, 游客前往目的地进行现场体验。游客会出现多个临界点, 但在实际活动之前, 动机可能会吸引或排斥游客。对于黑暗旅游的研究, 没有人评论过这些在恐惧旅游中的阀限体验, 黑暗旅游中老年游客更有趣和更轻松的方面。为了更好地理解阈限体验的预期阶段, 我们探讨了进入闹鬼景点时恐惧的影响。恐惧被认为是这些闹鬼景点的乐趣之一。在这一阈限阶段, 旅游者在这种旅游偶遇中发展出社会连接, 随之演化出旅游者共同体。本探索研究探讨了这些群体的特征。


Keywords:

Liminoid   communitas   fright tourism   dark attractions   fear   tourist travel phases

关键词:

阈值 社群 恐惧旅游黑 暗景点 恐惧 旅行阶段


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22 April 2026

Earth Day

 Seems like we are heading toward the 1950s and the disregard of Environmental Awareness.  And all in the name of Gr$$d.


Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.  Unlike the time during the birth of Earth Day in 1970, we now have the Internet where you can get instant information. 

Earth Day: The Official Site | EARTHDAY.ORG

But unlike the website above, much of the earth day information is false or highly edited to suit a purpose.



See also this video : 

Finding Harmony: A King's Vision is a 2026 documentary on Prime Video exploring King Charles III's lifelong dedication to environmental sustainability and his philosophy that humanity is a part of nature, not separate from it. 

This spring, like last year, we are planting Pollinator Wild Flowers in the yard.






01 April 2026

No Kings 3

Hundreds across the USA peacefully rally against Donald Trump.

While organizers report 8.3 MILLION, others believe the number to be a lot fewer.

Here are photos from Carbondale, Illinois.


I count 5 people and one dog. The others across the street are going into the liquor store.


In these panoramic shops these are actually people waiting to cross the street to go to Walgreens.



The pedestrian cross walk was slow, so these people actually had to wait their turn.


The folks were picking up the litter from an earlier protesting against gas prices.  Anyway, maybe 7 people total.


A family picnic drew a crowd since hot dogs were grilling.


Two people are protesting here.


A solitary protester did not which way to go.
 



All told, about 25 people were counted in Carbondale, Illinois. So I don't know where the 8.3 million came from?

Some news sources:

No Kings protests: Thousands across the US rally against Trump

St. Paul No Kings protest had over 100K in attendance | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Millions rally nationwide in ‘No Kings’ protests | LiveNOW from FOX

Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day | Protest (US) | The Guardian


18 March 2026

Tri-State Tornado, 101 years ago on 18 March 1925.

 March 18th will go down in history for the Tri-State Tornado of 18 March1925.  This site will take you to a neat GIS Story map.  This is the best source of information out there.  A map from Wikipedia:


For more info see 1925 Tri-State tornado - Wikipedia

and 100 years ago this week, nearly 700 people were killed in the deadliest U.S. tornado | PBS News

Tri-State Tornado

I recently read this book if paper is more to your liking.


Finally, I worked with a student on Storm Chasing and you can read the paper here or here.

12 March 2026

I love Terrapin Station (Boston Garden on 1981-03-12)

 Here is a live recording from this date in Boston Massachusetts

dn720308.ca.archive.org/0/items/gd81-03-12.rolfe.weiner.7584.sbeok.shnf/gd81-03-12d2t02.mp3

Dedicated to Bob Weir.


Entire set list: Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Bird Song-> CC Rider, Althea, Let It Grow-> Franklin's Tower Terrapin Station-> Playin' In The Band-> He's Gone-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Black Peter-> Around & Around-> Johnny B. Goode, E: U.S. Blues

I was probably working in Maryland.

10 March 2026

International Inbound Air Arrivals to the US in the 3rd of 2025

 As expected, tourism to the States continues to decline.  Are we that unlikable? 


From the report (bold mine):

The number of international visitors arriving into the United States decreased 5.7 percent from the third quarter of 2024: arrivals from Mexico increased 1.9 percent, arrivals from overseas decreased 4.4 percent, and arrivals from Canada decreased 15.5 percent. 

Source: National Travel and Tourism Office Publishes 2025 Q3 Results of the Survey of International Air Travelers.  see Visual Data Center.